Canada | DCP, Color, 114’| Turkish, English
Director: Alireza Khatami
Cast: Ekin Koç, Ercan Kesal, Hazar Ergüçlü
After his mother’s sudden death, Ali returns to his hometown years later. Unconvinced by the
authorities’ explanation of “natural causes,” he begins investigating his father’s past relationships and long-suppressed family conflicts. As the inquiry deepens, familial silences, his uncle Reza’s contradictory accounts, and dark traces linked to an old business partnership surface. The film centers on Ali’s reckoning, not only with his family, but with his own capacity for violence as he closes in on the truth. Shot in Türkiye with a cast from Türkiye, Things You Kill competed at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and received the FIPRESCI Prize.
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