Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper

85 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 2021

Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.

Brother's Keeper

85 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 2021

Brother's Keeper
Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school for Kurdish boys, secluded in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school's repressive authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo's condition and try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a sudden, heavy snowfall. With no way out and now desperate to reach help, teachers and pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and hidden secrets emerge, as time ticks mercilessly on and threatens to run out.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Flama Booking, Asteros Film
Original title Okul Tıraşı
Directors Ferit Karahan
Writers Gülistan Acet, Ferit Karahan

Cast

Ekin Koç

as Teacher Selim

Mahir İpek

as Headmaster

Cansu Fırıncı

as Teacher Hamza

Melih Selçuk

as Teacher Kenan

Münir Can Cindoruk

as Teacher Haluk

Samet Yıldız

as Yusuf

Nurullah Alaca

as Memo