YOL — The picture made from prison (feat. Alejandro G. Iñárritu)
How do you direct a Palme d’Or-winning film…from behind bars? Our new season about dissident filmmakers kicks off with the tale of Yilmaz Güney—one of Turkish cinema’s most revered and controversial directors—from his days as a tough-guy movie star nicknamed “The Ugly King,” to his years as a left-wing activist, to his 19-year prison sentence…during which he somehow managed to make his masterpiece, YOL. Featuring Oscar-winner and YOL megafan Alejandro G. Iñárritu (DIGGER) and German-Turkish auteur Fatih Akin (HEAD-ON).
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