Grain (film)

Grain (Buğday) is a 2017 film written and directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu.

Plot
In an undefined near future, Professor Erol Erin, a seed geneticist, lives in a city protected from multi-ethnic immigrants by magnetic walls. For unknown reasons, the city's agricultural plantations have been hit by a genetic crisis. In a meeting at the headquarters of Novus Vita, the corporation which employs him, Erol hears about Cemil Akman, a fellow geneticist who wrote a thesis about the recurrent crises affecting genetically modified seeds. Erol sets out on a journey to find him. A journey that will change everything Erol knew.

Production
The film is produced by Kaplanoğlu's company, Kaplan Film; and co-produced by Heimatfilm (Germany), Sophie Dulac Productions (France), The Chimney Pot (Sweden) and Arte France Cinéma (France). The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan, Germany and Turkey.

Cast

 * Jean-Marc Barr as Erol Erin
 * Ermin Bravo as Cemil Akman
 * Grigoriy Dobrygin as Andrei
 * Cristina Flutur as Alice
 * Lubna Azabal as Beatrice
 * Hal Yamanouchi as Leon
 * Mila Böhning as Tara
 * Rainer Steffen as Professor Ekrem Aktolga
 * Hoji Fortuna as Alexandre
 * Jarreth J. Merz as Viktor Rerberg
 * Nike Maria Vassil as Prof. Asli Yurtcu