On Board (1998)

Original title

Gemide

Directed by

Serdar Akar

Genre

drama, crime

Country

Turkey

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four sailors on a ship kidnap a prostitute. The film follows their tense and dark interactions.

bleaktenseclaustrophobicgrittydarkrawunsettlingslow-burn

What happens

On Board (Turkish: Gemide) is a 1998 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Serdar Akar. The film is about four sailors who kidnap a prostitute, and went on to nationwide general release across Turkey on 4 December 1998 (1998-12-04). It won awards at film festivals in Ankara and Antalya, including the Golden Orange for Second Best Film. It was shot concurrently with A Madonna in Laleli (Turkish: Laleli'de bir Azize), directed by Kudret Sabancı, and many of the main characters from the two films cross paths. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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