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Beware Big Brother

The Criminals

23m

Directed by Serhat Karaaslan • 2021 • France, Turkey
Starring Deniz Altan, Lorin Merhart, Ercan Kesal

Late one evening in a Turkish town, a young, unmarried couple attempt to find a hotel room to spend the night in. A simple act of deception plunges them into a disturbing encounter with a rigidly authoritarian, patriarchal moral code.

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