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The Things You Kill

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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.

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John Bleasdale Sight & Sound There’s something of the dread of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Dostoyevskian slow burn Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) here, but Khatami keeps things as tightly wound as barbed wire in his intimate and intense study in disintegration. Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com a riveting blend of Lynchian oddity and Turkish realism. Feb 3, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Khatami clearly possesses a wealth of ideas and executes most of them with confidence in “The Things You Kill”. Although some excess and minor inconsistencies keep it from achieving greatness, it remains a compelling and thought-provoking work Rated: 6.5 Oct 26, 2025 Full Review Dionar Hidalgo Algo Más Que Cine The Things You Kill plays out as a gripping, twist-filled thriller, but beneath the suspense lies a disturbing and insightful look at machismo and the insidious ways it’s inherited and normalized over time. Rated: 8/10 Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Harris Dang Impulse Gamer The Things You Kill is an inventive, entrancing, and foreboding piece of work that takes its standard boilerplate family drama narrative to new heights thanks to its psychological underpinnings, sterling filmmaking, and great performances from the cast. Rated: 4/5 Jul 7, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alireza Khatami

Director

Ekin Koç

Ali

Ercan Kesal

Hamit

Hazar Ergüclü

Hazar

Erkan Kolcak Kostendil

Reza

Serhat Nalbantoglu

Behri
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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, 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