Overview
Having spent ten years of his life in prisons, Güney escaped from Isparta Semi-Open Prison in 1981 and went to Paris, where he would spend the last years of his life. The recognition Güney received as a filmmaker in France brought him the Palme D'or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for his film "The Road." The documentary builds a bridge between France and Turkey through Yılmaz Güney, tracing his footsteps in Paris, the filming process of "The Wall," the lives he influenced through his political struggle and cinema, and the stories of those who were forced to leave their country after September 12th, who came to France as immigrants, his friends and colleagues, and the life stories of exiled people whose paths somehow intersected with his during this journey.
Production
Openvizor · Amirler Film
Cast & Characters
Barış Atay
Yılmaz Güney (Reenactment)
Funda Eryiğit
Narrator
Ali Berktay
Self
İsmail Yıldırım
Self
Marin Karmitz
Self
Donat Keusch
Self
Patrick Blossier
Self
Ayşe Emel Mesçi
Self
François Kotlarski
Self
Jean Marc Lebeaupin
Self
Marie-Hélène Quinton
Self
Jean-Pierre Colin
Self
Directors & Crew
Paul Hallam
Writer
Mehmet Kala
Writer
Abbas Nokhasteh
Producer
İlker Savaşkurt
Director
Screenshots & Stills
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