Released Date:
1997-10-24
Languages:
Turkish
Countries:
Turkey
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.4 (7637 Reviews)
Director:
Zeki DemirkubuzGenres:
DramaYusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
Released Date:
2004-03-11
Languages:
German, Turkish, English
Countries:
Germany, Turkey
Runtime:
121 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(38723 Reviews)
Director:
Fatih AkinIn 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.
Released Date:
2006-12-01
Languages:
Turkish
Countries:
Germany, Turkey
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (8042 Reviews)
Director:
èzer KiziltanGenres:
DramaHumble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem's inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.
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