Yol
(The Way)
dir. Yılmaz Güney & Serif Gören
Turkey 1982
114 minutes
English subtitles
The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yılmaz Güney
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
Thursday, February 16, 7:00 pm
This story tells the stories of five prisoners allowed a week to return home. Seyit Ali must contend with the fact that his wife has been discovered working as a prostitute and her family is holding her for Seyit to perform an honour killing. Thief Mehmet Salih must tell his wife that he abandoned her brother while he was being shot at by the police, much to the ire of his in-laws. Ömer, a man from a border village, has to face the consequences of the rampant smuggling and tensions with the army. In this dramatic tale, tradition is as much of a prison as a jailhouse itself. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
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