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The Cut
The Cut
7.7
/10
896 Ratings

THE CUT

Directed by Fatih Akın
Germany, France, 2014
Drama, Adventure

Synopsis

One night in 1915, the Turkish police round up all the Armenian men in the city, including Nazaret, who is separated from his family. Years later, after surviving the horrors of the genocide, he hears that his twin daughters may also still be alive, and travels the globe in search of them.

Synopsis

One night in 1915, the Turkish police round up all the Armenian men in the city, including Nazaret, who is separated from his family. Years later, after surviving the horrors of the genocide, he hears that his twin daughters may also still be alive, and travels the globe in search of them.

Our take

Turkish-German director Fatih Akın’s skill and sensitivity for capturing the tensions between the East and the West made him a true festival favourite. In The Cut he delivers an impressively assured take on a tragic historical episode—an epic tale of survival nodding to the westerns of John Ford.