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The Terrible Children

2021 · 92 min

A quiet, observational documentary that immerses you in a family's moral struggles with patience and empathy.

Directed by
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Genres
Documentary
Overview
In Keskincik, a village situated near the Syrian border of Turkey, a young man, Mahmut wishes to divorce his newly-wed wife. Guilt-ridden, he doesn’t know how to end the marriage. Recently, Mahmut’s sister Zeynep has ended her engagement as well. Resolute to quit the village, Zeynep enrols in an open high school and finds a job in a factory. Against her father’s wishes, Zeynep hopes to leave the village and study at a university. Mahmut and Zeynep become the centre of a genuine conflict in their family and community. As resentments and dilemmas come to light, the film aims to magnify this upcoming generation as they try to escape child marriages and create a new way of life for themselves.

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Directed by
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • family
  • identity
  • freedom
  • trauma
  • gender
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism10
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Music
Paradox Paradise
Runtime
92 min
Country
France, Germany, Turkey
Languages
Arabic, Turkish

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