A Step into the Darkness

A Step into the Darkness (2009)

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The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.

Date of release
2009-09-17
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
Atıl İnaç

Casting

Interesting facts

A Step into the Darkness is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Atil Inac, starring Suzan Genç as an Iraqi refugee who travels to Turkey in search of her missing brother after losing her entire family when soldiers raid their village. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on September 17, 2010 , has won awards at international film festivals in Ankara, Antalya and Tiburon.

Production

Atil Inac's second feature film A Step into the Darkness was in local theaters on September 17, 2010. The film was premiered at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festival in the summer of 2009, where it was highly praised by Quebecers. It was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala, India.

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