Yol (film)

Yol
Poster of Yol
Directed byYılmaz Güney
Şerif Gören
Written byYılmaz Güney
Story byYılmaz Güney
Produced byYılmaz Güney
Edi Hubschmid
Kerim L. Puldi
L. Erol Gözmen
M. Sabri Aslankara
Thierry Maitrejean
StarringTarık Akan
Halil Ergün
Şerif Sezer
Necmettin Çobanoğlu
Meral Orhonsay
Sevda Aktolga
Hikmet Çelik
Tuncay Akça
CinematographyErdoğan Engin
Edited byYılmaz Güney
Music byZülfü Livaneli
Production
companies
Güney Film
Cactus Film
Maran Film
Record Film
Release dates
  • May 1982 (1982-05) (Cannes)
  • February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12) (Turkey)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesTurkey
Switzerland
France
LanguagesTurkish, Kurdish

Yol (pronounced [joɫ]; translated as The Way,[1][2] The Road[3][4] or The Path[5]) is a 1982 Turkish film directed by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören.[6] The screenplay was written by Güney, and directed by his assistant Gören, as Güney was in prison at the time. Later, after Güney escaped from Imrali prison, he took the negatives of the film to Switzerland and later edited it in Paris.[7]

The film is a portrait of Turkey in the aftermath of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état: its people and its authorities are shown via the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave. The film has caused much controversy in Turkey, and was banned until 1999. However, it won numerous honours, including the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. It also was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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