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In the Blind Spot

2023 1h 58m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
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A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly women performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and and fear for his family's well being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.

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Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye Gripping from start to finish, Polat’s finest film to date serves as an exploration of the violence unleashed by the Erdogan regime on the Kurdish population; a snapshot of a lawless place governed by xenophobia and paranoia. Dec 25, 2023 Full Review Ezequiel Boetti Otroscines.com In the Blind Spot manages to work without falling into the abyss of the kind of movies destined to point out the great problems of the world. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 10, 2023 Full Review Pablo De Vita La Nación (Argentina) ... This commendable work of fiction begins as a mockumentary and then irrupts into a thriller. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Nov 9, 2023 Full Review Jay Weissberg The Film Verdict Ayşe Polat doesn’t give a history lesson about Kurdish oppression but rather allows it to shrewdly infuse the script, underlining the ways in which repression malignantly attaches itself to the social fabric and rips it apart. Jun 8, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly women performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and and fear for his family's well being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
Director
Ayşe Polat
Producer
Mehmet Aktas, Janna Heine
Screenwriter
Ayşe Polat
Production Co
Mitosfilm, PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 58m