Christopher Vourlias When a wolf pack attacks the herd of a shepherd living in the mountainous hinterlands of Anatolia, he vows to get a better gun to protect himself, his sheep and his family: a Mauser, the so-called “king of rifles,” and the most powerful gun of its time.
He strikes a bargain with a local dealer who agrees to give him a rifle if he can prove his mettle as a hunter. But soon the man is overcome by pride, and as a bitter inheritance dispute with his brother roils the calm of their village, his dangerous obsession with the wolf that attacked his herd threatens to tear his family apart.“Mavzer” is the feature directorial debut of Turkish filmmaker Fatih Özcan, who also wrote the screenplay.