A German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7 year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family’s well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power.
IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
Director: Ayşe Polat
Running time: ‘123
Language: German, Turkish
Subtitles: English
Production: Mehmet Aktaş (mîtosfilm), Ayşe Polat (PunktPunktPunkt Filmproduktion)