Movie Type: Prison Film, Juvenile Delinquency Film
Themes: Kids in Trouble, Miscarriage of Justice
Main Cast: Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci, Malik Berrichi, Nicolas Hossein, Isabelle Tissandier
Release Year: 1983
Country: FR
Run Time: 117 minutes
Plot
Produced in France, The Wall (aka Le Mur) was the last work of Turkish writer/director/political activist Yilmaz Guney. Like most of his best works (e.g. Yol), Guney based the wall on his own unhappy personal experience in his native country. The principal characters are a group of young disenfranchised orphans, detained in a prison in Ankara. Here the children are regularly brutalized and raped by the guards. The young prisoners ultimately stage an abortive revolt against their tormentors. Cowritten by Guney and Marie-Helene Quinton, The Wall was considered a disappointment by Guney's devotees, but has since been redefined as one of the director's most powerful works. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Tuncel Kurtiz - Uncle Ali
Ayse Emel Mesci
Malik Berrichi - The Arab
Nicolas Hossein - The Skinny Woman
Isabelle Tissandier - The Bride
Ali Berktay - The Groom; Selahattin Kuzuoglu; Jean-Pierre Colin; Jacques Dimanche - Chief Guard; Ali Dede Altuntas - Pepe Ali; Necdet Nakiboglu; Sema Kuray; Zeynep Kuray; Habes Bounabi; Bernard Certeaux; Jeremie Nassif; Christina Castillo; Aicha Arouali; Joelle Guigui; Sylvie Flepp; Schahla Aalam; Christine Estabrook; Gerald Hiken; Saban; Sisko; Jean-Pierre Gorin - Director General of Prisons; Ahmet Ziyrek - Cafer; Garip; Mankafa; Betty Nocella; Zapata; Ziya
