Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.
Direction
Pirselimoğlu's patient, unflinching gaze.
Acting
Rıza Akın's crushing physical stillness.
Cinematography
Bleak Anatolian landscapes as psychological pressure.
Director
Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Turkey's 'New Realism' wave, exposing the invisible precariat beneath EU-adjacent modernization.
Rıza Akın is primarily a stage actor; this was his devastating screen debut.
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