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The Watchman

The Watchman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 25, 2024

Runtime

0h 26m

Original Title

Nöbetçi

Production Companies

Fondazione In Between Art Film

Director

Ali Cherri

Description

Halil spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali Cherri creates a universe in which a suspended and void time opens the door to ghostly presences from a past made of war. Shot with an extreme and detailed precision of vision and sound, The Watchman is an urgent film that deconstructs the myth of duty, laying bare the absurdity of the omnipresent war rhetoric.