''At the Bar'' () is a

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Turkish horror film, written and directed by

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based on a real-life event that happened in Ankara, Turkey in 1997, featuring

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as the head of a gang which brutalises, tortures, murders and rapes a group of young friends. The film, which went on general release across the country on , was shown in competition at the 26th Istanbul International Film Festival and marketed as the most violent Turkish film ever made.

Plot

A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish off their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at gunpoint by five strangers. With their mouths, hands and feet tied, they are tortured, raped and murdered until the next morning. The gang who have captured them have no clear reason, they just want to punish these young people for everything left incomplete in their lives.

Cast

– Selim “The Exhaustman” Ketenci *

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– Osman the Pop *

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– 45 *

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– Nasır the Villager *

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– The Apprentice *

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– Nail * Burak Altay – TGG *

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– Nil *

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– Sevgi * Sezen Aray – Pelin *

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– Aynur * Şamil Kafkas – Aliş * Salih Bademci – Cenk * Sarp Aydınoğlu – Barbo * Eray Özbal – The Prosecutor

Festival screenings

* 14th

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* 18th Limak Ankara International Film Festival * 26th

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References

External links

* 2007 films 2000s Turkish-language films Films set in Turkey Films set in Istanbul Turkish crime drama films 2007 crime drama films 2007 crime thriller films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub