Directed by:
Fatih AkinScreenplay:
Fatih AkinCinematography:
Rainer KlausmannComposer:
Alexander HackeCast:
Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kıraç, Meltem Cumbul, Zarah Jane McKenzie, Stefan Gebelhoff, Francesco Fiannaca, Mona Mur, Ralph Misske (more)Plots(1)
40-year-old Cahit is brought to German psychiatric clinic after attempting suicide and sets out to start a new life, even as he longs for drugs and alcohol to numb his pain. Sibel is young, pretty and, like Cahit, Turkish-German. She lives a lifestyle that is a bit too wild for her devout, conservative Muslim family and fakes a suicide attempt to try and escape them. But the incident brings shame upon her family, who insist that only marriage can save her. Sibel begs Cahit to marry her and he reluctantly agrees, perhaps in an effort to save her and to find meaning in his own life. Initially the two share an apartment and little else as Sibel sees other men and Cahit continues to have flings with his on-again, off-again girlfriend. Gradually, however, Cahit begins to fall in love with Sibel and she, in turn, comes to realize that she loves him - but not before an incident of jealous violence tests this fledgling romance. When Cahit is sent to jail and Sibel flees to Turkey, her heart, mind and soul remain with him - but for how long? (Antidote Films)
(more)Cast
Birol Ünel
Turkey
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Head-On (2004)
Im Juli. (2000)
Sibel Kekilli
West Germany
Best movies:
When We Leave (2010)
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Catrin Striebeck
Austria
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Head-On (2004)
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Güven Kıraç
Turkey
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
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Meltem Cumbul
Turkey
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Head-On (2004)
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Zarah Jane McKenzie
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Head-On (2004)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
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Stefan Gebelhoff
West Germany
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
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Francesco Fiannaca
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
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Ralph Misske
West Germany
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
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Philipp Baltus
West Germany
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Hermann Lause
German Empire
Best movies:
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Head-On (2004)
Solino (2002)
Karin Niwiger
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Demir Gökgöl
Turkey
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
When We Leave (2010)
Head-On (2004)
Cem Akin
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
Im Juli. (2000)
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
Aysel Iscan
Best movies:
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Adam Bousdoukos
West Germany
Marco Greiser
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
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Mehmet Kurtuluş
West Germany
Best movies:
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Feridun Koç
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