Grain (film)
# 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
