FILM · 2023 · TURKEY

Gasp

Directed by

Mohsen Rabiei

Runtime

87 min

10 archived facts · 4 topics · 2 sources · Last reviewed Sep 2026

Sema, who lives a happy life with her husband Mustafa and three children, begins to suspect that her husband is cheating on her. Thereupon, Sema goes to a magician and makes her husband cast a spell. After a while, the magician dies and his house is now in the hands of the demons. Having bought an old house, Mustafa moves to their new house with his family. But before long, strange things begin to happen in the…

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1. #001

   Gasp is a short film drama and a German-Taiwanese co-production, written and directed by Eicke Bettinga.

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   The film was shown in the official selection of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or.

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3. #003

   Its story follows a young man who wants one thing and pushes that longing to its limit: to be able to feel something.

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   In a review in Cannes Nisimazine, Bettinga was noted to touch on abstract themes such as solidarity, human connection, loneliness, numbness and sacrifice.

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   Sources state that the film can officially be watched on Amazon and that it has a fan page on Facebook.

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6. #006

   The production of the same name listed on TMDb is a horror film directed by Mohsen Rabiei, with a release date given as 7 April 2023.

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7. #007

   The cast of this production includes Nergis Odzak, Sercan Boztepe, Beyza Nur Önispir, Mert Erkaya, Burak Aloğlu and Tuğçe Demir.

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8. #008

   The story begins when Sema, who suspects her husband of cheating on her, turns to a sorcerer and has a spell cast on her husband.

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9. #009

   After the sorcerer's death, the house falls into the hands of jinn, and Mustafa, who moves into a new house with his family, encounters strange events there.

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10. #010

    In the story, the jinn take possession of Sema's body; after an elderly hoca drives the jinn out, they this time enter the hoca's body.

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