Yol: the trek of life
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This drama by Turkey's leading filmmaker, Yilmaz Güney, was made while he was imprisoned in a Turkish labor camp. It focuses on five inmates in one of Turkey's open prisons who receive one-week passes to visit their families in the eastern region of the country. Their experiences reflect the larger climate of Turkey - one large prison oppressed by political tyranny, superstition and bigotry. Yusuf is arrested at the outset because he has lost his papers; Mevlut is kept from his fiancée by patriarchal traditions; Mehmit flees with his wife from his vengeful family; Omer, a Kurd, returns to his village only to find it destroyed by the Turkish army; and Seyit is required by custom to kill his wife for being unfaithful to him during his incarceration. (Circulates)
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