
Salih works as a night watchman at a town cemetery. Every afternoon he comes to the guard shack and goes back before sunrise. Despite his advanced age, he walks the same 2 kilometers every day. Because of his job, he turned in on himself and has been detached from the real life. The things he experiences on the road, strange men coming to his hut at night and the young girl in Salih’s endless dreams lead him into deep paranoia. Reality and illusion is indistinguishable... Until the first lights of the day...
Directed by Durmuş Akbulut, Watchman leans on a strong ensemble — Turan Özdemir, Koray Ergun, Uğur Karabulut — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 2018.
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The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
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