Beyond the Hill

Beyond the Hill

2012 · 90 min · TR · 7.0 (35 votes)
Dir. Emin Alper · Starring Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman, Banu Fotocan, Furkan Berk Kıran
MysteryDrama

In the quiet foothills of Turkey, Faik lives an isolated existence. When his second son brings his boys for a visit, Faik takes the opportunity to pontificate about the law of the land, as he sees it. He shares one unsolicited thought after the next, most particularly focusing on the elusive nomads whom he suspects have been trespassing on his property. The day and night wear on, and each member of the clan takes his turn entrusting the film's audience with his own dark secret.

VIBE

A suffocating sense of unspoken truths hangs heavy in the air. This is a film that seeps into your bones, a slow unraveling of familial tension and simmering suspicion against a stark, beautiful landscape.

broodingintrospectivetensemelancholicslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenatmosphericminimalistfamily secretsisolationparanoiatradition
turkeyfamily