
The Girl in the Book(2015)
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.


Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own.

Olgun Şimşek
Nihat

Nilay Erdönmez
Seher

Menderes Samancılar
The boss

Kadir Çermik
Otobüs Şoförü

Laçin Ceylan
The mother

Rıza Akın
The father

Mehmet Bozdoğan
Mehmet Mola
Watchtower is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Pelin Esmer, it stars Olgun Şimşek, Nilay Erdönmez, Menderes Samancılar. Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own.
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