Grain (film)

Grain (Buğday) is a 2017 film written and directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu.

Grain (Buğday)
Directed by	Semih Kaplanoğlu
Screenplay by	Semih Kaplanoğlu
Produced by	Semih Kaplanoğlu
Starring	Jean-Marc Barr Ermin Bravo Grigoriy Dobrygin Cristina Flutur
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Edited by	Osman Bayraktaroğlu Ayhan Ergürsel Semih Kaplanoğlu
Music by	Mustafa Biber
Production company	Kaplan Film
Release date	12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) (Sarajevo Film Festival)
Running time	128 minute
Country	Turkey
Language	English

Plot

In an undefined near future, Professor Erol Erin, a seed geneticist, lives in a city protected from multi-ethnic immigrants by magnetic walls. For unknown reasons, the city's agricultural plantations have been hit by a genetic crisis. In a meeting at the headquarters of Novus Vita, the corporation which employs him, Erol hears about Cemil Akman, a fellow geneticist who wrote a thesis about the recurrent crises affecting genetically modified seeds. Erol sets out on a journey to find him. A journey that will change everything Erol knew.

Production

The film is produced by Kaplanoğlu's company, Kaplan Film; and co-produced by Heimatfilm (Germany), Sophie Dulac Productions (France), The Chimney Pot (Sweden) and Arte France Cinéma (France).^[1][2] The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan, Germany and Turkey.

Cast

• Jean-Marc Barr as Erol Erin
• Ermin Bravo as Cemil Akman
• Grigoriy Dobrygin as Andrei
• Cristina Flutur as Alice
• Lubna Azabal as Beatrice
• Hal Yamanouchi as Leon
• Mila Böhning as Tara
• Rainer Steffen as Professor Ekrem Aktolga
• Hoji Fortuna as Alexandre
• Jarreth J. Merz as Viktor Rerberg
• Nike Maria Vassil as Prof. Asli Yurtcu

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