Yol

Infobox Film
name = Yol

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caption = Poster of Yol
writer = Yılmaz Güney
starring = Tarık Akan
Halil Ergün
Şerif Sezer
Meral Orhonsay
director = Şerif Gören
producer = Edi Hubschmid
Yılmaz Güney
music = Sebastian Argol
Zülfü Livaneli
runtime = 124 min.
language = Turkish
awards =
imdb_id = 0084934

"Yol" (Turkish for "The Road" or "The Way") is a 1982 Turkish film. The screenplay was written by Yılmaz Güney, and it was directed by his assistant Şerif Gören, who strictly followed Güney's instructions, as Güney was in prison at the time. Later, when Güney escaped from prison, he took the negatives of the film and edited it in Switzerland.Fact|date=February 2007 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 2000s due Yılmaz Güneys involment more than its content.

ynopsis

"Yol" tells the story of several prisoners on leave in Turkey. Seyit Ali (Tarık Akan) travels to his house and finds that his wife (Şerif Sezer) has betrayed him and went on prostitution. She has been catched by his family and held captive for Seyit Ali to honor kill her. Although seeming determined at first, he changes his mind when his wife start to freeze. In spite of all the efforts to keep her alive, he eventually fails. The wives death relieves Seyit Ali from pressure from his family, and he is saved from justice since she freezes but he has an internal struggle and has to return to jail.Mehmet Salih (Halil Ergün) has been arrested after trying to pull off a heist with his brother-in-law, whom he abandoned as he was being shot by the police. His in-laws want nothing to do with him, and he is finally forced to tell his wife Emine (Meral Orhonsay) the truth. Emine and Mehmet Salih decide to run away and they get on a train. On train they get caught in the trains toilet during their long awaited sexual intercourse. They are saved from the angry mob by the trains officers only to be held in a room before to be handed to officials as soon as possible. On that room a young boy from Emines family has boarded the train and shots both Mehmet Salih and Emine.Ömer (Necmettin Çobanoğlu) returns to his village. The village being a border village has a struggle with the army due because of smuggling going on. Ömer makes visits and arrangements to cross to border to not return to jail. Although Ömer was clearly determined, he gives up his plan because his brother has been shot death while smuggling. Ömer has by his brothers death inherited the responsibilities of his brothers wife and children which was dictated to him by tradition.

Each prisoner in the film has some conflict, which threaten their freedom, with tradition beside their conflicts with law which has imprisoned them.

The Controversy and The Ban

Awards and nominations

*1982 Cannes Film Festival, won FIPRESCI Prize
*1982 Cannes Film Festival, won Palme d'Or
*1982 Cannes Film Festival, won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
*1983 César Awards, nominated for César
*1983 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, won Critics Award
*1983 Golden Globes, nominated for Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film
*1984 London Critics Circle Film Awards, won ALFS Award

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title=Palme d'Or
years=1981
tied with "Missing"
before="Man of Iron"
after="The Ballad of Narayama"