Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
by Fatih Akin
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Actor: Birol Ünel, Catrin Striebeck, Meltem Cumbul, Sibel Kekilli, Stefan GebelhoffDirector: Fatih Akin
Producer: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin
Producer: Ali Akdeniz
Producer: Andreas Schreitmüller
Producer: Andreas Thiel
Producer: Jeanette Würl
Producer: Mehmet Kurtulus
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Turkish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Strand Releasing
Movie Reviews of Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
Movie Review: Top film
Summary: 5 Stars
Great film, pity amazon didnt leave us much to say about it after their review but hear goes.
Wouldnt realy describe it a 'punk rock' apart from Cahits vague connection with punk music this is a great little insight into life of Turks in Germany. Two people both going their own way in life come together by chance but both have more baggage than they originally thought.
Cahit with his sadly passed away wife who he still morns and Sibel with her 'conservative' family who are filled with their own contradictions (My favorite scene is when Cahit is playing cards with Sibels brother and a few others, while they are sitting chatting about how they sleep with prostitutes behind their wives backs and the pros and cons of various women of differing nationalities Cahit shouts out "why dont you go and f*** your own wives? Sibels brother of course is outraged at intimacy between him and his wife being discussed)
As their marriage of convenience spirals out of control with Sibel continuing to sleep around and Cahit begining more and more to feel something for her it comes to a horrific conclusion resulting in Cahit being jailed and Sibel returning to Turkey.
Some wonderful scenes in Turkey such as when Sibel goes into a cafe and sits next to two young men chatting amongst themselves; first there is the shock from the both of them that she should come and sit next to a strange man then her question "You know where I can get any drugs" Their reply "Are you mad or something girl" Just sums up the cultural gulf between Sibels hedonistic life in Germany and even the most secular of Turks who still leads a reasonably respectable life.
There is just so much that this film captures of life both in Germany and Turkey of young people living there and the contradictions they encounter.
Recomended film.
By the way; its called "Against the Wall" In Turkish. In my opinion a far better title than "Head On"
Summary of Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
Studio: Strand Releasing Release Date: 04/06/2006Head-On, Fatih Akin's gritty drama, is like a great punk-rock song-- rough around the edges, but filled with heart. Cahit (Birol Ünel) is a middle-aged drunk whose apartment looks like the toilet in Trainspotting. Sibel (Sibel Kekilli) is a suicidal woman half his age, stuck at home with repressive relatives. They're two troubled Turks, adrift in Germany. A chance encounter at a psychiatric hospital represents a way out. If Cahit will marry her, Sibel can flee her family. They'll accept him, because he's Turkish. As for Cahit, he won't be alone anymore, left to mourn his dead wife and drink his life away. At first, things go as planned. Sibel moves into Cahit's dump and spiffs it up. The two live, eat, and party together, while continuing to see other people. Gradually, their marriage of convenience starts to resemble the real thing--until Cahit's violent tendencies get the best of him. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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