Antidote (Panzehir)

Released on 9 May 2014, Panzehir (Antidote) was written and directed by Alper Çağlar as a Turkish action-crime film. It is Çağlar's third feature after Büşra and Dağ, and it blends action with a film noir mood, putting its hero on a countdown. Distributed by Warner Bros., it drew a favorable press response; one critic counted it among the decent Turkish action films.

Set in Istanbul's underworld. Kadir Korkut (Emin Boztepe), 48, has for thirty years been the right hand of Kara Cemal (Cüneyt Arkın), a 70-year-old crime boss. Cemal gives the orders and Kadir kills. When Kadir falls in love with a blind woman, Elsa Lund (Christina Gottschalk), he decides to leave; but Cemal, whom he sees as a father, betrays him and poisons him with a chemical that kills in six hours. His only way out is to eliminate whoever Cemal, holder of the antidote, wants dead. A poisoned police mole, Cem (Tolga Akdoğan), is at his side. Also cast: Öykü Gürman (Zeynep Korkut), Kaan Urgancıoğlu (Mehmet Korkut), Murat Arkın (young Kara Cemal) and Edoardo Costa.

Doruk Acar produced, Mehmet Başbaran shot it and Clint Bajakian composed the music. The same critic wrote that Çağlar builds an impressive atmosphere. Behind-the-scenes footage was shared on the film's YouTube channel.