Watchtower

Director: Pelin Esmer
Writer: Pelin Esmer
Cast: Olgun Simsek, Nilay Erdonmez, Menderes Samancilar, Laçin Ceylan, Riza Akin
Language: Turkish
Theatrical Release Date:
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis: Haunted by guilt over the death of his family, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a dark, terrible secret of her own. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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Indiewire Reviews

TIFF Capsule Review: 'Watchtower'

The two central characters in this modest but effective drama by Turkish director Pelin Esmer want nothing more to be left alone. And until circumstances force them into each other’s lives in Watchtower’s later stages, they are largely able to achieve this goal. That said, it’s an easier task for Nihat (Olgun Simsek), a grief-stricken man who has taken a job as a fire warden keeping watch over the wilderness from his perch in a mountainside tower. A sullen young woman who works at a nearby bus station, Seher (Nilay Erdonmez) has abandoned her university studies for reasons that remain opaque until an angry confrontation w...
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