Reis Çelik's Coup Drama 'Night of Blindness' Competes at Shanghai Film Festival
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Naman Ramachandran
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Summary
Turkish director Reis Çelik premiered "Night of Blindness," a Turkish-German co-production about Turkey's 1980 military coup, at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival where it competes for the Golden Goblet Award. The film follows Fatma, a left-wing activist hiding in a cramped construction site space, relying on unfamiliar workers to evade capture. Çelik drew from personal experience and chose a female protagonist for this historical drama.
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The film centers on Fatma, a left-wing activist who goes into hiding in a cramped space between wooden planks at a construction site and must rely on a group of workers she has never met to evade capture.
Çelik, who drew from personal experience in shaping the story, chose to place a woman at the center of the drama.
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