Yol

19821982
PGPG
1h 54m

Yol (1982)

When 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 gover... Read allWhen 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.When 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.

Directors
- Serif Gören(for imprisoned Yilmaz Güney)
- Yilmaz Güney(by proxy Serif Gören)
Writer
- Yilmaz Güney
Stars

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See production, box office & company info

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Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations

Tarik Akan and Serif Sezer in Yol (1982)

Tarik Akan and Serif Sezer in Yol (1982)

Tarik Akan and Serif Sezer in Yol (1982)

Tarik Akan and Serif Sezer in Yol (1982)

Hikmet Çelik in Yol (1982)

Tuncay Akça in Yol (1982)

Yol (1982)

Tarik Akan and Halil Ergün in Yol (1982)

Güven Sengil in Yol (1982)

Yol (1982)

Halil Ergün and Necmettin Çobanoglu in Yol (1982)

Hikmet Çelik and Necmettin Çobanoglu in Yol (1982)

The Herd

8.3

The Wall

8.1

Hope

8.2

Arkadas

7.2

Agit

7.2

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

8.4

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Dry Summer

8.0

Muhsin Bey

8.5

Baba

7.3

Umutsuzlar

7.1

My Dear Brother

8.7

My Dear Brother

Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

8.6

Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world outside. —Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Taglines
- The story of three families' search for freedom.
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
Yilmaz Güney was in prison when the film was made. He wrote a detailed screenplay and acted out some scenes in his jail cell and Serif Gören directed the film according to his strict instructions.

Quotes
Zafer: If a patient expects help from his physician, he has to be open and honest. To give false info, would be misleading him.

Alternate versions
The original version of the Ömer segments included a sequence in which the plight of Turkey's Kurdish population is discussed, with the sequence prefaced with the location title 'Kurdistan'. The sensitivity surrounding this issue in Turkey was part of the reason the film was banned there for many years. These scenes were not restored to the 2017 'Full Version' release, nor are the included on the Korean-issued DVD of the film.

Connections
Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Movies to Change the World (2011)

Top review

9/10

Yol as reality of Turkey

Yilmaz Guney's film "Yol" is one of the best movies that Turkish film industry has ever made. There are several reasons for that. The most important one is it says "Turkey is a prison weather you are in prison or not.". Since you have to wear uniforms in your school life, since you have to be a member of army for twelve months after 18, and since you have to say that I am Turkish, you can call yourself as a prisoner.

Yilmaz Guney reflected these problems of Turkey in a very realistic way. He saw his country as a beautiful place to live, but he was also responsible for his people to show the reality of Turkey. But it is completely wrong to say that he is ashamed to live in Turkey.

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erkustan
May 28, 2004

Release date
- September 1, 1982 (France)
Countries of origin
Official site
- Official Site
Languages
- Turkish
- Kurdish
Also known as
- The Way
Filming locations
- Diyarbakir, Turkey
Production companies
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Runtime
1 hour 54 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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