Film | Nefes Yer Eksi Iki by Ozan Uzunoğlu (2023)

The violence is occasionally bloody in this sombre Turkish war drama concerning the experiences of an army captain, a war correspondent and a young man with links to the PKK in the southeastern Anatolia Region in 1993.

Mavi Boncuk | 

Nefes Yer Eksi Iki 

TRT - Orgino Media Production 2023 

2:13:00

Directed by: Ozan Uzunoğlu[1]; Screenplay by: Hakan Evrensel; Cinematography by: Murat Akar; Music by: Ali Saran. Cast: Murat Yıldırım, İlker Aksum, Şahin Kendirci, Arda Aranat, Bestemsu Özdemir, Begüm Akkaya, Burak Sergen, Cezmi Baskın, Erdal Cindoruk, Yasin Çam, Bulut Akkale

REVIEW

"...The film was scripted from a true story that took place in 1993 at a police station located at an altitude of two thousand meters in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. The station commander, Captain Tayfun (Murat Yıldırım), is a loved and respected commander for his practical intelligence and fair treatment of those under his command. In the opening scene of the movie, while Tayfun is scanning for mines in the mountainous region with the squad under his command, they are attacked by a sniper PKK terrorist. Captain Tayfun kills the terrorist, but cannot prevent a private under his command from being martyred. Afterwards, a journalist on leave from the General Staff comes to the headquarters to take photographs of what is happening in the region, and events develop...

The film focuses on the stories of three characters. Captain Tayfun (Murat Yıldırım), Journalist Ufuk (İlker Aksum), a young man (Şahin Kendirci) who does electrical and electronic repairs in the village and the unit. The captain's wife is pregnant and the birth is approaching, but he cannot leave his unit. 

A journalist is not what he seems. The talented young man wants to escape from where he lives and go to Ankara, but there are people who love him behind him. In the film, apart from narrating the lives of these three main characters, the stories of the side characters are also briefly touched upon.

[1] Director. Screenwriter, Actor. He was born on October 7, 1981 in Malatya. He graduated from Mimar Sinan University, Cinema and TV Department. Since 2000, he has worked in the cinema / television industry in different areas such as assistant director, editor, and writing team. He started directing television films and series since 2007.

Ozan Uzunoğlu has been the director and screenwriter of various films and TV series since 2001. 

The director's short film Maybe They Will Come Tomorrow received the best film award in the 6th Islands Short Film Competition.