The Wall

The Wall

1983 · 117 min · TR · 7.6 (23 votes)
Dir. Yılmaz Güney · Starring Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayşe Emel Mesçi, Malik Berrichi, Nicolas Hossein, Isabelle Tissandier, Zirek
Drama

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers aged 13 to 19 living behind the bars under diabolical treatments. These teenagers get barbaric corporal punishments, injurious harrows, tortures and sexual abuses just for taking the responsibility of their destiny on a wrong turn.

VIBE

A harrowing and unflinching look at institutional cruelty. It feels like a punch to the gut, exposing the brutal realities faced by young men in a system designed to break them. The experience is raw, bleak, and deeply unsettling.

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