Yol
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Directed by | Şerif Gören |
Produced by | Edi Hubschmid Yılmaz Güney |
Written by | Yılmaz Güney |
Starring | Tarık Akan Halil Ergün Şerif Sezer Meral Orhonsay |
Music by | Sebastian Argol Zülfü Livaneli |
Running time | 124 min. |
Language | Turkish |
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Yol (Turkish for "The Road" or "The Way") is a 1982 Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yılmaz Güney, and it was directed by his assistant Şerif Gören, who strictly followed Güney's instructions, as Güney was in prison at the time. Later, when Güney escaped from prison, he took the negatives of the film and edited it in Switzerland.[citation needed] The film is a harsh portrait of Turkey in the aftermath of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état: its people and its authorities are shown via the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave.
[edit] Synopsis
Yol tells the story of several prisoners on leave in Turkey. Seyit Ali (Tarık Akan) finds that his wife (Şerif Sezer) has cheated on him, but when her family insists on an honor killing, he cannot bring himself to kill her. Mehmet Salih (Halil Ergün) was arrested after trying to pull of a heist with his brother-in-law, whom he abandoned as he was being shot by the police. His in-laws want nothing to do with him, and he is finally forced to tell his wife Emine (Meral Orhonsay) the truth. Omar (Necmettin Çobanoğlu) returns to his village to find that it has been caught up in Turkey's civil war, and is in ruins. Each prisoner must deal with how his world has changed since being behind bars.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1982 Cannes Film Festival, won FIPRESCI Prize
- 1982 Cannes Film Festival, won Palme d'Or
- 1982 Cannes Film Festival, won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- 1983 César Awards, nominated for César
- 1983 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, won Critics Award
- 1983 Golden Globes, nominated for Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film
- 1984 London Critics Circle Film Awards, won ALFS Award
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Preceded by: Man of Iron |
Palme d'Or 1981 tied with Missing |
Succeeded by: The Ballad of Narayama |