Yol
“The story of three families' search for freedom.”
Yılmaz GüneyCast
Tarık Akan 
Şerif Sezer 
Halil Ergün
Credits
Written by: Yılmaz Güney
Plot
Five prisoners in a Turkish jail are given a week's leave and each goes home to a different part of the country, only to confront the repressive rules of family, tradition and the military regime. Yılmaz Güney wrote the script in prison, and his assistant Şerif Gören directed under his instruction, while he supervised the editing after his escape. The 1982 film shared the Palme d'Or at Cannes, but was banned in Turkey.
Sinekatalog’s take
Yılmaz Güney's Palme d'Or winner follows five prisoners on leave across Turkey. Written in jail and finished abroad, it is a harrowing, humane portrait of oppression, tradition and broken lives.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (15,629 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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