Hasankeyf, a town with millennia of history, disappears under water by Erdoğan’s orders, swallowed up by a massive and prestigious dam project. Promises of modern life strip the people of their identity and old homes, replacing them with new buildings cast in concrete. Rengin, a Kurdish shepherd, and Burak, the local barber, find themselves trapped in a political game where survival depends on obeying strange new rules: unmarried residents lose the right to a house, and farmers are forced to give up their animals. Each new restriction reminds them that their lives will never be their own—they are merely pieces in a system that demands obedience and submission. Everything they once knew has been torn away forever, leaving behind only family pride and a fragile sense of dignity.
lenght:
52'/70'
contact:
k.kostecka@larmo.film
date of release:
01/2025
production company:
LARMO sp. z o.o.
co-producer:
Polish Film Institute, Polish National Television, Maczu Piczu
