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Yol

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Five Turkish convicts are granted one week to visit friends and family. Seyit Ali (Tarik Akan) arrives home to learn that his wife has turned to prostitution and has been taken hostage by his family so Seyit can perform an honor killing. Mehmet Salih (Halil Ergün) returns and confesses to his wife that he abandoned her brother during a botched heist. The three other prisoners all discover turmoil within their villages and families as they mull over whether to return to jail or escape.

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Bob Thomas Associated Press The result is not merely a document against the military government of Turkey. It is an intensely human story of three lives entangled in tradition and vengeance. Oct 22, 2018 Full Review Elliott Stein Film Comment Magazine Yol is an ambitious movie, but a curiously slick and distant one. Rated: 1/4 Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Richard Corliss TIME Magazine Gney is a firebrand of his country's intellectual left. His films -- slow, ruminative, defiantly indigenous -- smolder with an ideologue's indignation and a poet's ironic compassion. Aug 26, 2014 Full Review Jane Power Freedomways To find out about Turkey's people and about the Anatolian terrain that nourishes and menaces them, see Yol. Sep 3, 2020 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia This Turkish film, written and directed by the Turkish director, Yilmaz Güney, at the time he was imprisoned, moves me by its contestant nature and social denouncement. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 7/10 Jul 21, 2020 Full Review Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) Rarely has the reality of a society so different from ours has been depicted with such precision and violent tenderness. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Barbara G I saw this move forty years ago and I never forgot it. After seeing it I never wanted travel for Turkey. Still don't. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/03/24 Full Review William L An ambitious portrayal of cultural and personal conflict, Yol is one of the few Turkish films to reach a truly international audience with critical acclaim. Particularly given the difficult circumstances of production, it's a well-written and thought-provoking film about an often glossed-over ethnic suppression, that of the Kurds in Turkey in the 20th century (and beyond), featuring solid production values despite it's 'true' writer/director (Gören) being imprisoned at the time of shooting. However, Yol can't escape the sensation that it is one of those perfectly decent films that has been elevated to a higher status by a combination of timely cultural sympathy, authoritarian backlash/formal state opposition, and impressive circumstances to the creative process. Yol should be more well-remembered for its intentions than cinematic achievement; as a spotlight on an internationally overlooked conflict it's strong, but as a standalone film there are certainly some gaps that could use filling in. (3/5) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/22 Full Review Audience Member Yilmaz Guney l love you....THE WAY Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. A very powerful plot that although is a little simple at times in direction, it still has a powerful message. It was RUS. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A good old film about life in eastern Anatolia. The filmmaking is a bit outdated as we can except, but gives us all a good impression of the urban and rural life in these parts of Turkey. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The Turkish society it depicts is somehow still valid today, particularly regarding the Kurds. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Five Turkish convicts are granted one week to visit friends and family. Seyit Ali (Tarik Akan) arrives home to learn that his wife has turned to prostitution and has been taken hostage by his family so Seyit can perform an honor killing. Mehmet Salih (Halil Ergün) returns and confesses to his wife that he abandoned her brother during a botched heist. The three other prisoners all discover turmoil within their villages and families as they mull over whether to return to jail or escape.
Director
Serif Goren, Yilmaz Guney
Producer
Edi Hubschmid
Screenwriter
Yilmaz Guney
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 51m