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The Lake

1982 · 85 min

A slow, unsettling descent into delusion, where grief and desire blur into a quiet, haunting unease.

Tagline
A psychological thriller about a morbid passion.
Overview
Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • grief
  • identity
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, fantasy
Directed by
Ömer Kavur
Written by
Selim İleri
Starring
Müjde Ar, Hakan Balamir, Talat Bulut, Orhan Çağman, Mehmet Esen, Ferda Ferdağ, Aydan Burhan, Yılmaz Kurt
Runtime
85 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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