NUKKI (WT)

Leonardo Cariglino’s debut feature tells the story of 16-year-old Alex, who grows up in a conser­vative little town surrounded by vine­yards. Pressured by his authoritarian father, Alex gets caught up in a maze of family expectations, the search for identity, and his growing ro­mance with Sibel, a Turkish classmate. But Sibel‘s admirer, the intimidating Iskender, complicates the young love. Alex becomes in­creasingly estranged from his old friends and is drawn to Iskender‘s gang. To impress Sibel, Alex even considers changing his religion. But as tensions escalate, his desperate desire for recognition and belonging leads to a dramatic turning point.