Reel Suspects Boards Turkish Horror ‘The Funeral’ – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based style specialist Reel Suspects has boarded world gross sales on Turkish director Orçun Behram’s horror The Funeral forward of its premiere on the Lisbon Worldwide Horror Movie Pageant, higher often known as MotelX.

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FAMU and Columbia School Chicago-educated Behram beforehand made waves with with 2019 dystopian drama The Antenna, in regards to the residents of a tower block terrorized by a brand new communications system. The movie performed at a variety of festivals together with Toronto and London.

New movie The Funeral stars standard Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who’s driving the physique of a younger homicide sufferer again to her household within the East of the nation.         

One night time, he opens the again doorways of the hearse to seek out the lifeless lady making unusual grunting noises. He’s instantly captivated by her magnificence and falls in love.

Collectively, they set off on a mission to avenge her dying, leaving a path of corpses of their wake. Rising younger actress Cansu Türedi performs the lifeless lady.

Behram additionally produced with Müge Özen, whose latest credit embody Nisan Dag’s 2020 awards winner Once I’m Executed Dying.

The Funeral will debut in MotelX’s Silver Melies competitors, latest winners of which embody Welsh-language horror The Feast and Danish Tuscany holiday-set psychological thriller Converse No Evil.

MotelX runs from September 12 to 18.