In the Blind Spot

In the Blind Spot

118 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 19, 2023

A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly women performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7–year–old turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and and fear for his family's well being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people developes a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.

In the Blind Spot

118 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 19, 2023

In the Blind Spot
A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly women performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7–year–old turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and and fear for his family's well being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people developes a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion, Mitos Film
Original title Im toten Winkel
Directors Yasemin Müge Manus, Ayşe Polat
Writers Ayşe Polat

Cast

Katja Bürkle

as Simone

Ahmet Varlı

as Zafer

Çağla Yurga

as Melek

Aybi Era

as Leyla

Max Hemmersdorfer

as Christian

Nihan Okutucu

as Sibel

Tudan Ürper

as Hatice

Rıza Akın

as Burhan

Aziz Çapkurt

as Eyüp