Breakwater
Aslan, a young insecure fisherman who lives on a Turkish island, finds a valuable lobster cave while diving.Knowing this treasure will bring him wealth and the prestige that he has never had in his society, he decides to keep it a secret from his cousin and best friend Yilmaz until he can properly harvest the lobsters by himself.
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Aslan, a young insecure fisherman who lives on a Turkish island, finds a valuable lobster cave while diving. Knowing this treasure will bring him wealth and the prestige that he has never had in his society, he decides to keep it a secret from his cousin and best friend Yilmaz until he can properly harvest the lobsters by himself. By not sharing the secret, Yilmaz's growing suspicion conjures a series of paranoid obsessions that thrust him into a downward spiral.
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- Release date
- Apr 24, 2022
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- Turkish
- Country
- Turkey
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