BROTHER'S KEEPER

OKUL TIRASI

By Ferit KARAHAN

CINETOPIA - as DISTR Theatrical, CHILE

Drama - Completed 2021

A boarding school’s pupil falls mysteriously ill, his best friend is struggling to find help when the school is cut off under a snowstorm. As time merciless ticks, grudges, remorse and secrets emerge.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2021
Panorama - Fipresci Award
Ankara IFF 2021
Best Editing
Sarajevo FF 2021
Audience Award
BFI London FF 2021
Thrill
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • TURKEY, ROMANIA
    • Languages
    • TURKISH, KURDISH
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ferit KARAHAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Ferit KARAHAN, Gülistan ACET
    • Producer(s)
    • Kanat DOGRAMACI (Asteros Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo’s condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.