The Things You Kill

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The Things You Kill

2025

1h 53m

Mystery & Thriller

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Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. As long-buried family secrets resurface, the police tighten their noose, and doubts begin eroding his conscience. Ali has no choice but to look into the abyss of his own soul.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

a riveting blend of Lynchian oddity and Turkish realism.

Feb 3, 2025

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

It’s absorbing, suspenseful, and deeply moving — a case study in how to make an effective psychological thriller.

Jan 30, 2025

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Carlos Aguilar

Variety

Front to back, “The Things You Kill” is an astutely written exercise in paying attention to how one is perceived and using that knowledge to rewrite one’s own narrative.

Jan 26, 2025

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Frank J. Avella

Edge Media Network

Alireza Khatami's Lynchian mindfuck "The Things You Kill," (offers a) thrilling, bewildering and game-changing twist takes the viewer on an unexpected journey that confounds expectations. "The Things You Kill" is bold and transfixing cinema.

Rated: A

Feb 17, 2025

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Morris Yang

In Review Online

Although rightly presented as a psychological thriller, The Things You Kill generally eschews the genre’s more derivative leanings to proffer a disarmingly earnest meditation on identity in crisis.

Feb 14, 2025

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

This disturbing and brutally honest film doesn’t rush to provide answers, but instead slowly reveals the emotional burden of carrying the deep-rooted pain of generational trauma and the desperate need for vengeance.

Feb 14, 2025

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Synopsis

Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. As long-buried family secrets resurface, the police tighten their noose, and doubts begin eroding his conscience. Ali has no choice but to look into the abyss of his own soul.

Director: Alireza Khatami
Producer: Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarski, Alireza Khatami, Michael Solomon
Screenwriter: Alireza Khatami
Production Co: Fulgurance, Remora Films, Lava Films, Tell Tall Tale, Band With Pictures, Sineaktif
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Turkish
Runtime: 1h 53m