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Overview
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Release Date:
1 September 1982 (France)
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Plot:
A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave...
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 6 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Jafar Panahi was banned from directing or editing … and still got a movie out
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Turkish Master Yilmaz Güney Makes a Home at the Tiff Bell Lightbox
(From ioncinema. 24 January 2012, 10:00 AM, PST)
This week's new film events
(From The Guardian - Film News. 11 February 2011, 4:05 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Turkish Master Yilmaz Güney Makes a Home at the Tiff Bell Lightbox
(From ioncinema. 24 January 2012, 10:00 AM, PST)
This week's new film events
(From The Guardian - Film News. 11 February 2011, 4:05 PM, PST)
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political prisoners
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Tarik Akan | ... | Seyit Ali |
 | Serif Sezer | ... | Ziné |
| Halil Ergün | ... | Mehmet Salih |
| Meral Orhonsay | ... | Emine |
| Necmettin Çobanoglu | ... | Ömer |
| Semra Uçar | ... | Gülbahar |
| Hikmet Çelik | ... | Mevlat |
| Sevda Aktolga | ... | Meral |
| Tuncay Akça | ... | Yusuf |
| Hale Akinli | ... | Seyran |
| Turgut Savas | ... | Zafer |
| Hikmet Tasdemir | ... | Sevket |
| Engin Çelik | ... | Mirza |
| Osman Bardakçi | ... | Berber Elim |
| Enver Güney | ... | Cindé |
| Erdogan Seren | ... | Abdullah |
Directed by | |||
| Serif Gören | (for imprisoned Yilmaz Güney) | ||
| Yilmaz Güney | (by proxy Serif Gören) | ||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Yilmaz Güney | ||
Produced by | |||
| Yilmaz Güney | .... | co-producer | |
| Edi Hubschmid | .... | producer | |
| K.L. Puldi | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Sebastian Argol | |||
| Zülfü Livaneli | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Erdogan Engin | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Hélène Arnal | |||
| Yilmaz Güney | |||
| Elisabeth Waelchli | |||
Production Management | |||
| Kerim Pulli | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Turgay Aksoy | .... | assistant director | |
| Muzaffer Hiçdurmaz | .... | assistant director | |
| Ahmet Soner | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Loïs Koenigswerther | .... | sound | |
Other crew | |||
| Marie-Christine Malbert | .... | press agent | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- NEF-MK2 (1982) (France) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (UK)
- Poletel (Brazil) (video)
- Triumph Films (USA) (subtitled)
- Turkish Film Channel (1982) (USA) (video) (video on demand)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"The Road" - International (English title) (literal title)
"The Way" - International (English title) (copyright title)
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"The Way" - International (English title) (copyright title)
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Runtime:
114 min
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Color (Fujicolor)
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Trivia:
"Yol" means "The Road" or "The Way".See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.10" (2011)See more »
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Yol (1982)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| VERY GOOD MOVIE OF KURDISH DIRECTOR Legend Yilmaz Guney | kurdish_soccer |
| the best Kurdish...? | yusufsal34 |
| What happened to Yusuf? | rebell22 |
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Turkey is officially the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, along with Israel. But "Yol" shows that regardless of Turkey's official classification, it does have political prisoners. In this case, five of them are given a leave so that they can visit their families. While on their leaves, they (and the audience) get to see the realities of life. They may have been released from prison, but there are some metaphoric prisons that we can never escape, no matter how free we consider ourselves.
It was interesting that Yilmaz Guney managed to make this movie from jail. He did a very good job here.