Underplayed Gems

Anayurt Oteli (1986)

Anayurt Oteli poster
Directed by
Ömer Kavur
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely hotel clerk in a small Turkish town lives a quiet routine. His world unravels when a mysterious female guest stays one night and then disappears.

tenseclaustrophobicmelancholicslow-burnpsychologicalominousisolatedintrospective

What happens

Motherland Hotel (Turkish: Anayurt Oteli) is a 1987 Turkish psychological thriller film directed by Ömer Kavur. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yusuf Atılgan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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