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1982 film by Şerif Gören, Yılmaz Güney
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Yol, also known as The Road, is a 1982 drama film directed by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören. Written, produced and edited by Güney, it was filmed in Turkish and Kurdish and is set in Turkey. The cast includes Tarık Akan, Halil Ergün and Şerif Sezer, with a score by Zülfü Livaneli. Produced through Cactus Films, Güney Film, Antenne 2 and SRF, with production countries listed as France, Switzerland and Turkey, the film ran 114 minutes. Yol received the Palme d'Or and a review score of 77 percent.
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7.3When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Cast
- Tarık Akan as Seyit Ali
- Şerif Sezer as Zînê
- Halil Ergün as Mehmet Salih
- Meral Orhonsay as Emine
- Necmettin Çobanoğlu as Ömer
- Hikmet Çelik as Mevlüt
Themes
- prison
- liberation of prisoners
- kurdistan
- kurdish culture
- kurdish movement
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Yılmaz Güney , Şerif Gören
- Written by
- Yılmaz Güney
- Story by
- Yılmaz Güney
- Produced by
- Yılmaz Güney, Edi Hubschmid, Kerim L. Puldi, L. Erol Gözmen, M. Sabri Aslankara, Thierry Maitrejean
- Starring
- Tarık Akan , Halil Ergün , Şerif Sezer , Necmettin Çobanoğlu , Meral Orhonsay , Sevda Aktolga , Hikmet Çelik , Tuncay Akça
- Cinematography
- Erdoğan Engin
- Edited by
- Yılmaz Güney
- Music by
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Production companies
- Güney Film, Cactus Film, Maran Film, Record Film
- Release dates
- May 1982 ( 1982-05 ) ( Cannes ) February 12, 1999 ( 1999-02-12 ) ( Turkey )
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Countries
- Turkey, Switzerland, France
- Languages
- Turkish , Kurdish
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- Original language
- Kurdish
- Director
- Şerif Gören
- Screenwriter
- Yılmaz Güney
- Cast member
- Şerif Sezer
- Composer
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Producer
- Yılmaz Güney
- Narrative location
- Turkey
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 900264
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-01-01
- film editor
- Yılmaz Güney
- title
- Yol
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 77%
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Encyclopedic overview
Yol ( pronounced [joɫ]; translated as The Way, The Road or The Path) is a 1982 Turkish film directed by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören. The screenplay was written by Güney—who at the time was in prison—with detailed directing instructions, which were carried out by his assistant Gören. Later, after Güney escaped from Imrali prison, he took the negatives of the film to Switzerland and later edited it in Paris.
The film is a 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. The film has caused much controversy in Turkey, and was banned until 1999. However, it won numerous honours, including the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. It also was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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