''Duvar'' is a 1983 Turkish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Yılmaz Güney
Yılmaz Güney (' Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made f ...
produced in France. It was entered into the
1983 Cannes Film Festival
The 36th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition.
Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the dra ...
.
Cast
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Tuncel Kurtiz
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.
Early yea ...
as Tonton Ali
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Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray as the 'politique' (as Ayse Emel Mesci)
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Malik Berrichi as An Arab
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Nicolas Hossein as Uzun, 'L'échalas'
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Isabelle Tissandier as Hatice, the bride
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Ahmet Ziyrek as Cafer
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Ali Berktay as Samil, groom
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Selahattin Kuzmoglu as prison director
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Jean-Pierre Colin as general director of the prisons
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Jacques Dimanche as Sevket, gardien-chef
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Ali Dede Altuntas as Pépé Ali
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Necdet Nakiboglu as Necdet
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Sema Kuray as little girl
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Zeynep Kuray
Zeynep Kuray (born 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish journalist. As of 2015, she wrote for ''BirGün'' and the Firat News Agency (ANF). She was kept under arrest between December 2011 and April 2013 as a part of the KCK investigation and is a reci ...
as little girl
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Habes Bounabi as Tom
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Bernard Certeau as the lawyer
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Jérémie Nassif as Bonzo
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Christina Castillo as a pregnant woman
References
External links
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TurkishFilmChannel page for the film
1983 films
1983 drama films
1980s prison drama films
Turkish drama films
1980s Turkish-language films
Films set in Turkey
Films directed by Yılmaz Güney
Films produced by Marin Karmitz
Turkish multilingual films
French multilingual films
1980s French-language films
Kurdish culture in France
1983 multilingual films
Films shot in Ankara
Film censorship in Turkey
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