HEAD-ON
by Fatih Akin
synopsis
The tale of two lost souls, torn between desperation and an intense longing for hope, in which twenty year-old Sibel, desperate to escape the suffocating traditional discipline of her family, convinces disillusioned alcoholic Cahit to marry her.
| international title: | Head-on |
| original title: | Gegen die Wand |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Fatih Akin |
| film run: | 100' |
| release date: | AT 02/04/2004, DE 22/04/2004, 21/07/2004, IT 15/10/2004 |
| screenplay: | Fatih Akin |
| cast: | Meltem Cumbul, Sibel Kekilli, Gueven Kirac, Catrin Striebeck, Birol Uenel |
| cinematography by: | Rainer Klausmann |
| film editing: | Andrew Bird |
| producer: | Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert |
| production: | Wueste Filmproduktion, Corazón International |
| distributor: | Timebandits Films, Polyfilm (AT), MK2 (FR), BIM (IT) |
