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Mold

2013 · 94 min

A quiet, heavy trudge through grief and bureaucratic silence, watching a father wait for answers that never come.

Directed by: Ali Aydın
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner, Tansu Biçer

Overview: Basri, 55 year old, every day walks for miles along the tracks working as a railroad watchman. His nagging thought is finding his son. Eighteen years ago, while the boy was studying at the university in Istanbul, the police took him into custody for antigovernment activities. Then, he mysteriously disappeared.

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Directed by: Ali Aydın
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner, Tansu Biçer

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
family
politics
memory
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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