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Yol

1982 · 110 min · Drama

Granted a week's home leave, five Kurdish prisoners scatter across Turkey only to find that outside the prison walls await the harsher confinements of custom, family honor, and a repressive state. A searing, once-banned masterpiece of Turkish cinema.

Why it’s here

Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören's Turkish/Kurdish prison-leave drama and Palme d'Or winner.

Runtime

110 min

Genre

Drama · Romance

Mood

romantic · thoughtful

Entry

some context

Best for

character-driven drama