The Breath (2009)
Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun
A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.
- Date of release
- 2009-10-15
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (149)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- War, Action, Drama
- Director
- Levent Semerci
- Collection
- Nefes Koleksiyonu
Casting
- Mete Horozoğlu — Cpt. Mete
- İlker Kızmaz — Srg. Ilker
- İbrahim Aköz — Ibo
- Serkan Altintas — Vedat Dinckaya
- Okan Avcı — The dispatch rider of First Lieutenant Baris
- Birce Akalay — The wife of Cpt. Mete
- Ertunc Atar — Ertunc
- Baris Aydin — Cemil
- Engin Baykal — Radio Op. Srg. Sedat
- Muharrem Bayrak — Mami
- Cem Bilgin — Cemo
- Ekin Bulut — Ekin Bulut
Interesting facts
Breath is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Levent Semerci. The film, which tells the story of 40 soldiers in charge of protecting a relay station near the Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey, was adapted from the short stories Tales from the Southeast and Ground Minus Zero by Hakan Evrensel and is, according to Hürriyet Daily News reviewer Emine Yıldırım, the first Turkish film that tackles, through an authentic perspective and convincing realness, the contemporary situation of the Turkish army and its long battle with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) .
Production
The film was shot on location in Istanbul and Antalya, Turkey.
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