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The Trace
The Trace
6.6
/10
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THE TRACE

İz

Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Turkey, 1994
Thriller

Synopsis

Kemal is a policeman investigating a suicide case of a man with a completely obliterated face. He becomes obsessed with the real appearance of the dead man.

Synopsis

Kemal is a policeman investigating a suicide case of a man with a completely obliterated face. He becomes obsessed with the real appearance of the dead man.

Our take

An existential whodunnit story, Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s formally accomplished debut has an exceptional place in the auteur’s rich filmography. Full of mysterious characters, this Lynchian labyrinth brings together a mesmerizing performance by Aytaç Arman and evocative cinematography by Uğur İçbak.