# The Well (1969)

> A nearly silent Turkish chamber drama turns a young woman's repeated kidnapping into a bleak cycle of obsession, captivity, and patriarchal violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/157738

## Facts

- Runtime: 84 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Metin Erksan
- Cast: Nil Göncü, Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Aliye Rona, Osman Alyanak, Demir Karahan, Ahmet Kostarika
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279187/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: bleak, oppressive, austere, serious arthouse viewing, turkish cinema retrospective

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