''Grain (Buğday)'' is a 2017
film written and directed by
Semih Kaplanoğlu
Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer.
Life and career
In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like Güzel Sanatlar ...
.
Plot
In an undefined near future, Professor Erol Erin, a seed geneticist, lives in a city protected from multi-ethnic immigrants by magnetic walls. For unknown reasons, the city's agricultural plantations have been hit by a genetic crisis. In a meeting at the headquarters of Novus Vita, the corporation which employs him, Erol hears about Cemil Akman, a fellow geneticist who wrote a thesis about the recurrent crises affecting genetically modified seeds. Erol sets out on a journey to find him. A journey that will change everything Erol knew.
Production
The film is produced by Kaplanoğlu's company, Kaplan Film; and co-produced by Heimatfilm (Germany), Sophie Dulac Productions (France), The Chimney Pot (Sweden) and
Arte France Cinéma (France). The film was shot in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, Germany and Turkey.
Cast
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Jean-Marc Barr
Jean-Marc Barr (born September 27, 1960) is a French-American film actor and director. He is best known for working on several films from Danish film director and frequent collaborator Lars von Trier since ''Europa'' (1991).
Early life and ed ...
as Erol Erin
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Ermin Bravo as Cemil Akman
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Grigoriy Dobrygin as Andrei
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Cristina Flutur
Cristina Flutur is a Romanian film and theatre actress.
In 2012 she made her debut in cinema, portraying the complex Alina Ringhis, main character in Cristian Mungiu's praised drama, Beyond the Hills. For her outstanding performance in this fil ...
as Alice
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Lubna Azabal as Beatrice
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Hal Yamanouchi
, also known as , is a Japanese-born actor, dancer, choreographer and writer. He has resided in Italy since 1975 and holds Italian citizenship.
Beginning his career as a mime, he has performed in and choreographed for numerous stage productions ...
as Leon
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Mila Böhning as Tara
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Rainer Steffen as Professor Ekrem Aktolga
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Hoji Fortuna
Hoji Ya Henda Braga Fortuna (born 4 September 1974) is an Angolan actor.
Born in Luanda and named after war hero Hoji-ya-Henda, Fortuna emigrated to Portugal at the age of 20. He worked as a model and DJ in parallel to his study of law at the Ca ...
as Alexandre
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Jarreth J. Merz as Viktor Rerberg
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Nike Maria Vassil as Prof. Asli Yurtcu
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References
External links
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2017 science fiction films
2010s English-language films
Films set in the future
Post-apocalyptic films
Turkish science fiction films
French science fiction films
German science fiction films
Qatari speculative fiction films
Swedish science fiction films
English-language Turkish films
English-language French films
English-language German films
English-language Qatari films
English-language Swedish films
Films directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
2010s French films
2010s German films
2010s Swedish films
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