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The Shadowless

2009 · 94 min

A quiet, unsettling drift from city routine into village mystery, where absence feels like a presence and nothing is quite explained.

Directed by
Ümit Ünal
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring
Selçuk Yöntem, Hakan Karahan, Taner Birsel
Overview
A barber working in Istanbul longs to be ‘both here and far, far away’. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people disappear one by one.

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Directed by
Ümit Ünal
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Fantasy
Starring
Selçuk Yöntem, Hakan Karahan, Taner Birsel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • mystery
  • fate
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery, fantasy
Directed by
Ümit Ünal
Written by
Ümit Ünal
Starring
Selçuk Yöntem, Hakan Karahan, Taner Birsel, Ertan Saban, Arsen Gürzap, Altan Erkekli, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Ahmet Özarslan
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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