Characters & Themes
The Road (1982) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1982 · 110 mins · Turkish
- Directed by
- Şerif Gören, Yılmaz Güney
- Starring
- Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Şerif Sezer, Tuncay Akça, Halil Ergün, Tarık Akan, Güngör Bayrak
The story follows three families striving for freedom while five Kurdish prisoners receive a one‑week leave. Upon returning home, they are shocked to find that the same oppression persists, imposed by their relatives, entrenched cultural norms, and a hostile government determined to control them.
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