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VLAD'S LEGACY
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Completed - ENGLISH - Horror - 89 minutes

Log Line

Filmmaker John Gillespie and his crew travel to Turkey to document the legend of Vlad The Impaler, only to find themselves caught up in a centuries old conspiracy in a village nestled on the outskirts of Istanbul.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2018 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Patricio VALLADARES
Writer(s) : Barry KEATING
Cast : Gianni CAPALDI, Natalie BURN, Selma ERGEÇ

Producer(s) : Baris ABACIGIL (FBR Productions), Loris CURCI (Open Frames)

Synopsis

American documentarist John Gillespie and his crew travel to Turkey to shoot a docufilm about Vlad Tepes, the Romanian Emperor known as Vlad the Impaler. Tepes was imprisoned in Turkey for a number of years before dying on the battlefield in his native country. His body was brought back to Istanbul and buried somewhere... Or so the legend says. During their research, John and his crew are introduced to a mysterious historian who claims to have evidence of Tepes' burial site. Things take an unexpected twist when the Americans run into a sinister story of children that were abducted and brutally sacrificed in a village not too far from Istanbul. Apparently, the very same place where Vlad had been kept prisoner prior to his death... John is skeptical but agrees to investigate further. And thus begins his journey to Garip. The village of ghosts. The place where it all began, and where all will end...

Production

Country(ies) : TURKEY, USA

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