When her sister is murdered by a group of politically connected rich kids, Sayara, a quiet gym cleaner from Turkmenistan, begins to follow in her father’s footsteps, seeking a path of revenge.
GRIMMFEST SAYS: A bloody, bone-crunchingly brutal, utterly unflinching, relentless, remorseless exploration of the morally corrupting, soul-corroding nature of revenge from Can Evrenol (BASKIN), this is a film which pulls no punches and takes no prisoners. No glorification or glamorisation of violence here. Having finally given rein to the darkness in her own nature, the implacable protagonist, Sayara very quickly reveals herself to be just as much a monster as those she targets, indiscriminately and savagely destroying anyone and everything in a rage-crazed rampage of retribution. Hammering home some sharply observed points about Turkish racism, misogyny, sexual hypocrisy, and political, judicial and police corruption, even as it hurtles headlong towards its fiery, nihilistic conclusion, this is not one for the faint-hearted or easily offended. It is… extreme.