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Burning Days (2022)

Burning Days poster
Original title
Kurak Günler
Directed by
Emin Alper
Genre
drama film
Country
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany, France
Runtime
2h 08m
Rated
16
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 133 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young prosecutor is transferred to a small Anatolian town. He gets tangled in a local corruption scheme and an environmental conflict over water supplies.

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What happens

Burning Days (Turkish: Kurak Günler) is a Turkish-French drama and mystery thriller film, directed by Emin Alper and released in 2022. A young prosecutor Emre is transferred to a small town in Anatolia Province and encounters an environmental and corruption scandal around the control of water. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm, before premiering in Turkey at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in October 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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