A man, a wolf, and a rifle that costs more than his life — rural Turkey's brutal inheritance.
Veysi lives in a village in the middle of Anatolia. One morning, when he goes to his barn with his son Mustafa, a pack of wolves attacks on his sheeps and Veysi loses most of them. Thus he wants a better gun to protect his herd, which is Mauser, ‘The king of the rifles’ as they say. Eventually he finds himself in a fight with the wolf and also his brother about their fathers inheritance.
Cinematography
Anatolian landscapes so vast they swallow characters whole.
Acting
Serhat Kılıç's weathered silence speaks louder than dialogue.
Director
Fatih Özcan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Mauser rifle holds near-mythic status in rural Turkey as both tool and status symbol, often costing a year's wages.
Director Fatih Özcan shot in his own ancestral village with non-professional locals; the sheep loss scene used real herders' actual trauma.
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