A father, son, and four stakes. The desert doesn't care if you deserve to live.
A merchant father, his son and dogs, on a journey in a dystopic world... A struggle for acceptance into a civilisation in fertile, promised lands they found using an antique map, after crossing the desert... Now, all they need to do is to pass a test: four stakes and a limitless area they will enclose within these stakes. The only rule is they should take off with dawn, and return to the first stake as the sun sets. Critically encompassing the good and the evil, capitalism and communal life, and even people who were forced to leave their homes due to ongoing wars, and refugee problems, Nomad captures its audience at the heart of the film: the relationship between a father and his son.
Cinematography
Desert shots so vast you feel your own insignificance.
Acting
Berke Üzrek carries exhaustion like a second skin.
Direction
Mavitan lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Emir Mavitan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Turkish director Emir Mavitan shot this during heightened refugee crises; the 'test' mirrors real EU border procedures that reduce humans to paperwork.
The dogs aren't just companions—they're the only characters who never question their belonging anywhere.
TR
