Buğday
Directed by:
Semih KaplanoğluScreenplay:
Semih KaplanoğluCinematography:
Giles NuttgensComposer:
Mustafa BiberCast:
Jean-Marc Barr, Ermin Bravo, Григорий Добрыгин, Cristina Flutur, Lubna Azabal, Mila Böhning, Hal Yamanouchi, Jarreth J. Merz, Hoji Fortuna, Nike Maria Vassil (more)Plots(1)
Climate change has caused the near-extinction of human life in this spellbinding dystopian sci-fi from Semih Kaplanoğlu. People are herded into detention centres, all hoping they can enter the protected city. Outside its walls, a sparse nomadic economy exists. But a total disaster is imminent. Genetically engineered seeds, which have all but wiped out real grain, are mysteriously failing to work. While the establishment struggles for answers, scientist Erol (Jean-Marc Barr) goes in search of famed geneticist Cemil (Ermin Bravo) who disappeared some years ago, but not before he predicted this doomsday scenario. Giles Nuttgens' (Hell or High Water) stunning widescreen monochrome cinematography plots Erol's journey, from a city of very ordered straight lines to the mysterious and unpredictable desert wilderness. In Grain, the twin forces of science and mysticism wage war and with the illusion of its mastery over the planet long since receded, humanity struggles to comprehend what lies in store. (London Film Festival)
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From the two or three Turkish films I usually see a year, I always get the impression that this country suffers from a rare combination of artistic inauthenticity and isolation. This here Grain, for example, comes across as the project of someone who saw the complete Tarkovsky in the 80s and then no other films for forty years. The result is, of course, a complete mess with occasional departures to Jaroslav Dušek.
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