Original title: Gegen die Wand
Year: 2004
Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute
Country: Germany | Turkey
Language: German | Turkish | English
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama | Romance
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast:
Birol Unel … Cahit Tomruk
Sibel Kekilli … Sibel
Catrin Striebeck … Maren
Meltem Cumbul … Selma (Cousine)
Stefan Gebelhoff … Nico
Francesco Fiannaca … Mann am Tresen
Mona Mur … Stammkundin Zoe Bar
Ralph Misske … Patient 1 (Psychiatrie)
Philipp Baltus … Patient 2 (Psychiatrie)
Hermann Lause … Dr. Schiller
Karin Niwiger … Kassiererin (Psychiatrie)
Demir Gokgol … Yunus Guner (Vater)
Cem Akin … Yilmaz Guner (Bruder)
Aysel Iscan … Birsen Guner (Mutter)
Plot/Synopsis:
German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin writes and directs the drama Gegen die Wand (Head-On). Set in a working-class Hamburg neighborhood, the story follows two Turkish immigrants who get together in a marriage of convenience. Cahit Tomruk (Birol Unel) is a heavy drinker and a fighter who crashes his car into a wall. While visiting his psychiatrist, Dr. Schiller (Hermann Lause), he meets fellow patient Sibel Guner (Sibel Kekilli). She’s desperate to get away from her restrictive family, so she asks Cahit to marry her. Wanting to change his life anyway, Cahit agrees to the arrangement. After their wedding, Sibel celebrates her freedom by drinking, dancing, and having one-night stands. Meanwhile, Cahit carries on an intimate relationship with hair stylist Maren (Catrin Striebeck). Eventually, Cahit and Sibel learn to care for one another after a climactic trip to Istanbul. Head-On won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004.
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