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When We Leave
Why this pick
A harrowing German-Turkish family drama that shares Head-On’s urgent emotional intensity and its unflinching view of a woman fighting restrictive expectations.
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MOVIE2004 2h 1m DEU
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Head-On
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Cahit Tomruk is a Turks in Germany in his 40s. He has given up on life after the death of his wife and seeks solace in cocaine and alcohol (drug). One night, he intentionally drives his car head-on into a wall and barely survives. At the psychiatric clinic he is taken to, Sibel Güner, another Turkish German who has tried to commit suicide, approaches him. She asks Cahit to carry out a formal marriage with her so that she can break out of the strict rules of her conservative family. Cahit is initially turned off by the idea, but then he agrees to take part in the plan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Birol Ünel
Cahit Tomruk
Sibel Kekilli
Sibel Güner
Catrin Striebeck
Maren
Güven Kıraç
Seref
Meltem Cumbul
Selma
Orhan Güner
Busfahrer
Mehmet Kurtuluş
Barmann Istanbul
Selim Erdoğan
Taxifahrer