Middle East Film Series: The Mountain

Open to the Public

Please join us for a screening of The Mountain (Turkey, 2012) directed by Alper Çağlar. Pizza and soft drinks will be available at 6:00pm. The film will start at 6:15pm.

Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 Time: 06:00pm - 08:00pm Location: Taubman Building - Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor

Please join us for a screening of The Mountain (Turkey, 2012) directed by Alper Çağlar. Pizza and soft drinks will be available at 6:00pm. The film will start at 6:15pm.

This event is co-sponsored by the Outreach Program at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Watch the trailer here:

About The Mountain:

Filmed on the peaks Palandöken Mountain in Erzurum, Turkey, The Mountain tells the story of a four man team sent from headquarters to repair a comm station. A terrorist ambush leaves only two conscripted Turkish soldiers alive. Each from opposite ends of the social spectrum, the two soldiers will have to surmount their differences to survive.