Grain / Buğday

November 13, 2017

Director :Semih Kaplanoglu /Turkey|Germany|France|Sweden/127/English/ 2017

Screening: 9-Dec 02.15 PM Tagore | 10 Dec 9:00 AM Kairali | 14 Dec 3:00 PM Dhanya

Synopsis: In an undefined near future, Professor Erol Erin, a seed geneticist, lives in a city protected from multi-ethnic immigrants by magnetic walls. For unknown reasons, the city’s agricultural plantations have been hit by a genetic crisis. In a meeting at the headquarters of Novus Vita, the corporation which employs him, Erol hears about Cemil Akman, a fellow geneticist who wrote a thesis about the recurrent crises affecting genetically modified seeds. Erol sets out on a journey to find him. A journey that will change everything Erol knew.

Director and Screenplay Semih Kaplanoglu
Producer Semih Kaplanoglu
DoP Giles Nuttgens
Editor Osman Bayraktaroglu, Ayhan Ergürsel,Semih Kaplanoglu
Music Mustafa Biber
Cast Jean-Marc Barr, Ermin Bravo, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Cristina Flutur, Lubna Azabal

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