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Dormitory

2024 · 118 min

A quiet, observant coming-of-age story that immerses you in a boy's struggle between duty and boyhood, with a slow, lingering emotional pull.

Directed by: Nehir Tuna
Genres: Drama
Starring: Doğa Karakaş, Can Bartu Arslan, Ozan Çelik

Overview: Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.

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Directed by: Nehir Tuna
Genres: Drama
Starring: Doğa Karakaş, Can Bartu Arslan, Ozan Çelik

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: coming-of-age
identity
faith
family
isolation
Places: school
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nehir Tuna
Written by: Nehir Tuna
Starring: Doğa Karakaş, Can Bartu Arslan, Ozan Çelik, Tansu Biçer, Didem Ellialtı, Orhan Güner, Işıltı Su Alyanak, Ozan Bilen
Cinematography: Florent Herry
Runtime: 118 min
Country: France, Germany, Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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