Yol – The Full Version

Switzerland, May 2017
FILM, Fiction, 113 min.

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directed by
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Written by
Yilmaz Güney
Status
In distribution

In the period following the military fascist coup of September 12th, 1980 in Turkey, at the time when repressive measures were being brought to bear in all areas of social life, leave permits for those in semi-open prisons are suspended until further notice. In order to qualify for leave, the detainees are required to have served a third of their sentence and have a record of faultless conduct. Insult, physical maltreatment, repression, forced labour and arbitrariness are normal in Turkish prisons. For those detainees who await leave, only one attitude remains: resignation and submission.

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World Premiere
May 2017
Original Version
Kurdish, Turkish (english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 113 min.
Production
DFK Films
Producer
Donat Keusch
directed by
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Written by
Yilmaz Güney
Cinemato­graphy
Erdogan Engin
Editing
Peter R. Adam, Tobias Frühmorgen

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