Starring Katja Bürkle, Ahmet Varlı, Çağla Yurga and Aybi Era, the film is about Melek, a 7–year–old Turkish girl and her father Zafer, who are drawn into a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.

[5][6] Jay Weissberg for The Film Verdict wrote, "A bold and chilling political thriller of shifting perspectives in which the weight of state-sanctioned terror begins to crush a security agent in eastern Turkey, where trauma and paranoia rip apart the social fabric.

"[7] Joseph Fahim for Middle East Eye wrote: "A political thriller imbued with scorching commentary, this is Polat's finest film to date and is a snapshot of a lawless place governed by xenophobia and paranoia ...

"[8] Vladan Petkovic for Cineuropa wrote, "A mystery-thriller with Rashomon-style storytelling, German-Kurdish filmmaker Ayşe Polat's In the Blind Spot sets up an intriguing premise ...

On the other hand, the city where the story takes place is an excellent setting that combines magnificent ancient ruins with dark, narrow alleyways and abandoned construction sites.