Burning Days
2022 · Movie · 131 min · ★ 6.9
In a small town facing a worsening water crisis, a newly appointed state prosecutor arrives just as a mayoral election heats up. After a shocking assault on a young local woman, pressure mounts from all sides, and the prosecutor is pulled into a tense web of politics, fear, and escalating trouble.
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Details
- Original title
- Kurak Günler
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-12-09
- Language
- TR
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (131 votes)
About
If you like tense, unsettling small-town dramas where politics and a local crime collide, this may work for you; Not for you if you avoid sexual-violence themes or need a clear, neatly wrapped ending like The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Pros: gripping small-town tension; timely political pressure; keeps attention high | Cons: disturbing subject matter; confusing final stretch; ending feels abrupt
Themes
- rape
- politics
- turkey
- love affair
- prosecutor
- lgbt
- gay theme
- mayoral election
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Editor · 2022
- LUX European Audience Film Award · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Selahattin Paşalı
as Emre
Ekin Koç
as Murat
Selin Yeninci
as Zeynep
Erol Babaoğlu
as Şahin
Erdem Şenocak
as Kemal
Sinan Demirer
as İlhan
Nizam Namidar
as Selim
Ali Seçkiner Alıcı
as Yavuz
Eylül Ersöz
as Pekmez
Onur Gürçay
as Doctor
Directed by Emin Alper