Credited cast: | |||
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Ibrahim Akoz | ... | Adem Yilmaz |
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Zülfü Hamit Altin | ... | Ilyas Kucuk |
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Turgay Atalay | ... | Chief Guard Murat |
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Baris Atay | ... | Huseyin Icli |
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Serdar Bordonaci | ... | Inspector |
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Kirkor Dinckayikci | ... | Governer Ilhami |
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Caner Erdem | ... | Mumin Bayram |
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Senol Erdogan | ... | Inmate |
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Feriha Eyüpoglu | ... | Saniye Yilmaz (as Feriha Eyüboglu) |
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Halit Karaata | ... | Haydar Catalca |
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Cem Kenar | ... | Hasan Catalca |
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Münibe Millet | ... | Sevcan Demir |
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Musa Can Pekcan | ... | Yusuf Sengul |
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Feyzan Soykan | ... | Ramazan Yuce |
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Gokhan Yikilkan | ... | Guard Fatih |
Groom's Block is slang in Turkey for prison sections holding those accused of serious sex crimes. The film's story and characters are drawn from everyday life. In the Groom's Block, the guards and prison governor manipulate tensions, as prisoners push each other to the edge of existence. We experience the tension and paradox of a violent prison and justice systems reflecting the shifting moral norms and structure of Turkish society. The jailed and jailers enforce violent justice daily, expressing in their lives a society confronted with its need to hide from itself, in desperate denial of its cruel contradictions.