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Head-On
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*Head-On* (also known as *Gegen die Wand* and *Duvara Karșı*) is a 2004 German-Turkish drama and romance film directed, written, and executive produced by Fatih Akin. The cast includes Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kıraç, and Meltem Cumbul. The film was produced by Arte, Bavaria Film, and Norddeutscher Rundfunk, with Alexander Hacke composing the score and Rainer Klausmann serving as director of photography.
Set in the 2000s, the narrative takes place in Istanbul, Hamburg, and St. Pauli. Filming occurred in Germany, and the original languages are German, Turkish, and English. The work addresses themes such as internal conflict, Turks in Germany, women in Islam, and self-destructive behaviour.
The film received the Golden Bear and the European Film Award for Best Film. It was also nominated for European Film Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director at the 17th European Film Awards. Reported runtimes vary between 116 and 122 minutes, with an IMDb rating of 7.8 based on 60,964 votes.
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7.5With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Cast
- Sibel Kekilli as Sibel Güner
- Birol Ünel as Cahit Tomruk
- Güven Kıraç as Seref
- Meltem Cumbul as Selma
- Adam Bousdoukos as Barmann
- Mehmet Kurtuluş as Barmann Istanbul
Themes
- drug abuse
- religious education
- alcohol
- fictitious marriage
- homicide
- roommates
- religion and supernatural
- turkey
- love
- family
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Fatih Akın
- Written by
- Fatih Akın
- Produced by
- Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel, Andreas Schreitmüller, Mehmet Kurtuluş , Fatih Akın
- Starring
- Birol Ünel , Sibel Kekilli , Catrin Striebeck, Meltem Cumbul
- Cinematography
- Rainer Klausmann
- Edited by
- Andrew Bird
- Music by
- Alexander Hacke , Mona Mur , Maceo Parker , Daniel Puente Encina ("Niños Con Bombas" and "Polvorosa")
- Production companies
- Bavaria Film International , Wüste Filmproduktion, Corazón International, NDR , Arte
- Distributed by
- Timebandits Films (Germany), R Film (Turkey)
- Release dates
- 12 February 2004 ( 2004-02-12 ) ( Berlin ) 11 March 2004 ( 2004-03-11 ) (Germany) 19 March 2004 ( 2004-03-19 ) (Turkey)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- Germany, Turkey
- Languages
- German, Turkish, English
- Box office
- $11,030,861
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Encyclopedic overview
Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand, literally Against the Wall; Turkish: Duvara Karşı) is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Fatih Akın. It stars Birol Ünel as a Turkish-born, alcoholic German widower who enters into a marriage of convenience with a young woman of Turkish descent. She is desperate to escape her restrictive and abusive male relatives.
The film won the Golden Bear at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival.
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