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The Things You Kill (2025)

The Things You Kill poster
Original title
Öldürdüğün Şeyler
Directed by
Alireza Khatami
Genre
mystery film
Country
France, Turkey, Poland, Canada
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
17+
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A university professor asks his gardener to get revenge for his mother's suspicious death. The story follows him as he deals with grief and plans his vengeance.

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What happens

The Things You Kill (Turkish: Öldürdüğün Şeyler) is a 2025 Turkish-language mystery film written and directed by Alireza Khatami. An international co-production between Canada, Turkey, Poland, and France, the film stars Ekin Koç as a university professor who solicits his gardener to seek vengeance after the suspicious death of his mother. Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, and Ercan Kesal provide supporting roles. Khatami, Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff, Cyriac Auriol, Mariusz Włodarsk, and Michael Solomon co-produced the movie. The film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January. It was selected as Canada's submission for the Best International Feature Film award at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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