Brother's Keeper
7.3
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.
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Cast
16 people
Samet Yıldız
Yusuf
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Nurullah Alaca
Memo
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Ekin Koç
Teacher Selim
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Headmaster
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Melih Selçuk
Teacher Kenan
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Teacher Hamza
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Ferit Karahan Director · Gülistan Acet Writer Türksoy Gölebeyi Cinematographer
United States release October 21, 2022 · Produced in Romania, Türkiye · Languages Kurdish, Turkish
Production
Asteros Film
Production
Flama Booking
Production
Romania · Türkiye
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Okul Tıraşı
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Kurdish · Turkish
Release dates
Germany · March 1, 2021
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · October 21, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States
October 19, 2021 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Brazil
February 1, 2024 · Digital
Czechia
August 20, 2021 · Theatrical · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
France
June 8, 2022 · Theatrical
Germany
July 27, 2023 · Theatrical
Greece
February 17, 2022 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 2, 2021 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festiva
Russia
April 24, 2021 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 6, 2021 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
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