Yol

 

Yol 1982

• Director: Serif Gören and Yilmaz Güney
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: No one I know of or recognise from other films.
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• None of them
• Why? I remember it as good
• Seen: Once before. Now 8 December 2022

       Five Kurdish prisoners are given a week’s leave from a Turkish prison. This is the story of how they make it back to Kurdistan to reunite with their families, confront old conflicts, struggle against Turkish oppression and fall, willingly or not, into the society’s oppressing gender roles. For exposing this society and struggle the film is important in cinema history but this time I find it hard to become involved in these individuals, or indeed keep them straight. It’s very slow and the moments of drama are few and far between, and most of them are unpleasant.

       Sorry, the film no longer speaks to me.

 2 ½ * of 5