Night of Blindness
2026 · 1h 31m
If you're drawn to politically charged, hard-hitting dramas about resistance under authoritarian regimes, this Turkish film about the 1980 coup and underground escape networks sounds genuinely compelling—go for it. Without available scores it's a bit of a gamble, but director Reis Çelik's focus on a specific historical moment and the moral stakes involved suggests this is serious cinema worth your time, not a throwaway.
Plot
The military junta seized parliamentary rule on September 12, 1980. Hundreds of thousands of people have been arrested across the country and torture and executions continue. Leaders of various trade unions, associations and student organizations, who are being pursued by the intelligence services, are seeking ways to illegally leave Turkey's borders. Intelligence units are turning a blind eye to a pirate action to trap the leaders. New film by Reis Çelik.