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Yılmaz Güney, Şerif Gören
The military coup of September 1980 temporarily put an end to prisoners' week-long furlougs Shortly thereafter, five prisoners at the Imrali Island prison: Seyit, Mehmet, Omer, Mevlüt and Yusuf are miraculously granted furloughs. They have a few days liberty...or a few hours for those living in the remote provinces. They quickly realize the difficulties of returning home...
With : Tarık Akan, Şerif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Hikmet Çelik, Tuncay Akça
Screenplay : Yılmaz Güney
Image : Erdoğan Engin
Sound : Gérard Cohen, Henri Humbert et Gérard Tilly
Music : Sebastian Argol et Kendal
Editing : Yılmaz Güney et Elizabeth Waelchli
Screenplay : Yılmaz Güney
Image : Erdoğan Engin
Sound : Gérard Cohen, Henri Humbert et Gérard Tilly
Music : Sebastian Argol et Kendal
Editing : Yılmaz Güney et Elizabeth Waelchli
Production : Güney Film, Cactus Film
Source copie : Institut Kurde de Paris
Source copie : Institut Kurde de Paris
"At the beginning, the screenplay of The Way told the story of eleven prisoners on furlough and through their stories painted a large panorama of Turkey. Then they became five. The anecdotes are those my prison buddies told me, sometimes sketched in a few words, sometimes quite detailed. (...) I tried to be as objective as possible with my characters, but I myself at one time or another in my life have known each of their pains, their joys, their feelings. (...) I relied on my former assistant Serif Gören with whom I have a great connection. We corresponded by letter everyday during the filming. (...) In The Way, I wanted to show how Turkey had become an enormous low-security prison with all the citizens its prisoners." (Yilmaz Güney) The Word was co-winner with Missing by Costa Gavras of the Palme d'Or, Cannes 1982.