Burning Days

With the mayoral election approaching, the newly-appointed state prosecutor of a small town suffering from a water supply crisis gradually descends into trouble after a young local woman is raped.

Cast

Selahattin Paşalı

as Emre

Ekin Koç

as Murat

Selin Yeninci

as Zeynep

Erol Babaoğlu

as Şahin

Erdem Şenocak

as Kemal

Sinan Demirer

as İlhan

Nizam Namidar

as Selim

Ali Seçkiner Alıcı

as Yavuz

Eylül Ersöz

as Pekmez

Onur Gürçay

as Doctor

Reviews

badelf

Turkish movies set in small towns with at least one rape are a new horror sub-genre. Although this is exciting and commands attention throughout, the end is a total mistifyer. Like they ran out of money and had to stop where they were....

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