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Ercan Kesal has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
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A group of men lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's location. As the group continues looking and the night begins dragging on, its members can't help but chat with each other about everyday life, as the conversations turn more and more serious, revealing their deeper secrets and profound stories.
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · With Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Taner Birsel
Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.
Dir. Tolga Karaçelik · With Tuğçe Altuğ, Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçağlayan

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · With Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar

A young Vienna-based taxi driver of Turkish origin witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The perpetrator, a serial killer, makes eye contact with her; a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky · With Violetta Schurawlow, Tobias Moretti, Robert Palfrader
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