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The Things You Kill

2025 · 115 min

A hypnotic, uneasy descent into grief and resentment, where mirrors and memories blur and quiet dread slowly tightens its grip.

Directed by
Alireza Khatami
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Overview
Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the darkness lurking within us all.

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Directed by
Alireza Khatami
Genres
Thriller, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 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
  • revenge
  • family
  • memory
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Alireza Khatami
Written by
Alireza Khatami
Starring
Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Selen Kurtaran, İdil Engindeniz, Ercan Kesal, Güliz Şirinyan, Aysan Sümercan
Cinematography
Bartosz Świniarski
Runtime
115 min
Country
Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Singapore
Languages
English, Turkish

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