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CONTEMPORARY TURKISH CINEMA
Yolda / On the Road
2005, 90 minutes
35 mm, color; Turkish with English subtitles
October 22, Sunday, 7:00 pm
October 27, Friday, 7:00 pm
Directed by Erden Kiral
Screenplay by Erden Kiral
Cinematography by Zekeriya Kurtulus
Edited by S.G. and Gültekin Ergene
Music by Taner Ayan and Arikan Sarikaya
Produced by Baran Seyhan
Featuring Halil Ergün, Yesim Büber, Serdar Orçin, Istar Gökseven, Kevrok
Türker, Edip Saner, Önder Çakar, Israfil Köse, Mehmet Esen, Kaya Gürel,
Yesim Yükselen
Contact Information
Baran Seyhan
Deniz Film Prodüksiyon
Tel: +90 212 219 5335
Fax: +90 212 219 5334
E-Mail: baranseyhan@sarmasiksanatlar.com
"Tickets must be purchased at least 4 days
before the screening in order to be mailed. Tickets purchased after this
cut off date can be picked up at the theater."
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Loosely based on the life events of the director and
his relationship to Turkish film master, Yilmaz Güney, Yolda
(On the Road) is the story of the mens reunion after a falling-out
twenty years earlier. Formally Kirals mentor, Güney broke off their relationship
after kicking his pupil off the set of his 1982 film Yol (The
Road). Güney was forced to later finish the movie in prison, as he
was arrested for his uprisings against the Turkish government, and for
the murder of a Turkish judge. The men are brought together when the incarcerated
Güney asks his wife and Kiral to follow him in a car as he is transported
from one prison to another. While driving through the vast sullen expanse
of Turkish countryside, both cars get caught in the fog, and the travelers
are forced to spend a night in a motel. During this stay the young director
is forced to come to terms with his mentors imprisonment, as well as
his own self-imposed incarceration. On the Road questions the
meaning of freedom, and one individuals power to overcome all odds to
gain that freedom.
From Attila Dorsay
The First Journey into the Legend of Yilmaz Güney
"I have waited for On the Road with great anticipation and am
glad that I have watched it. I am also happy that Yilmaz Güney has finally
been taken out of the list of Great Turkish Men Who Cannot Be Depicted
on Screen or Television, and has been brought back to life in a movie.
I can say the same thing for Erden Kirals filmmaking, which I have missed
for a long time... We must take the films press release and accept its
statement that the film is structured beyond the scope of time and place,
while dealing with the question are we as free as we think we are? In
other words, we should not take this story as an exact narration of a
specific period in Yilmaz Güneys life, but rather as an experiment, an
abstraction, which takes Yilmaz Güneys life as its starting point.
Festivals and Awards
2006 International Ankara Film Festival (Turkey)
2006 Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore)
2005 Human Rights Film Festival (Croatia)
2005 International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey)
2005 Venice International Film Festival (Italy)
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