The Wall
- Original title
- Duvaraka
- AKA
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- Le mur
- Duvar
- Year
- 1983
- Running time
- 117 min.
- Country
- Turkey
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Tuncel Kurtiz
- Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray
- Malik Berrichi
- Nicolas Hossein
- Ahmet Zirek
- Isabelle Tissandier
- Ali Berktay
- Selahattin Kuzuoglu
- Jean-Pierre Colin
- Sema Kuray
- Jacques Dimanche
- Ali Dede Altuntas
- Zeynep Kuray
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Turkey-France;
- Genre
- Drama | Prison Drama
- Synopsis
- Produced in France, The Wall (aka Le Mur) was the last work of Turkish writer/director/political activist Yilmaz Guney. Like most of his best works (e.g. Yol), Guney based the wall on his own unhappy personal experience in his native country. The principal characters are a group of young disenfranchised orphans, detained in a prison in Ankara. Here the children are regularly brutalized and raped by the guards. The young prisoners ultimately stage an abortive revolt against their tormentors. Cowritten by Guney and Marie-Helene Quinton, The Wall was considered a disappointment by Guney's devotees, but has since been redefined as one of the director's most powerful works. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)
- Awards
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1983: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
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