THE WATCHMAN

NÖBETÇI

By Ali CHERRI

KINOELEKTRON - as PROD

Experimental - Completed 2023

Sergeant Bulut stands watch over the quiet landscape amidst the routine and solitude, in anticipation of an elusive enemy that might never come.

Festivals
& Awards

El Gouna Film Festival 2024
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Experimental, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, ITALY
    • Languages
    • TURKISH
    • Duration
    • 26 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ali CHERRI
    • Producer(s)
    • Janja KRALJ (KinoElektron), Leonardo BIGAZZI (Fondazione In Between Art Film)
    • Synopsis
    • In the remote village of Lourujina, situated within the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Sergeant Bulut, a young Turkish Cypriot soldier, finds himself stationed to guard the dividing line. As he dutifully stands watch over the quiet landscape amidst the routine and solitude, peculiar events unfold that challenge the very essence of his mission.
      "The Watchman" looks at a life suspended in the limbo of waiting. While Sergeant Bulut grapples with the enigmatic occurrences around him, the film unfolds a narrative of duty entangled in illusion—a tale of disappointment by the anticipation of an elusive enemy that might never come.