Duvar (film)

• Tuncel Kurtiz as Tonton Ali
• Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray as the 'politique' (as Ayse Emel Mesci)
• Malik Berrichi as An arab
• Nicolas Hossein as Uzun, 'L'échalas'
• Isabelle Tissandier as Hatice, the bride
• Ahmet Ziyrek as Cafer
• Ali Berktay as Samil, groom
• Selahattin Kuzmoglu as prison director
• Jean-Pierre Colin as general director of the prisons
• Jacques Dimanche as Sevket, gardien-chef
• Ali Dede Altuntas as Pépé Ali
• Necdet Nakiboglu as Necdet
• Sema Kuray as little girl
• Zeynep Kuray as little girl
• Habes Bounabi as Tom
• Bernard Certeau as the lawyer
• Jérémie Nassif as Bonzo
• Christina Castillo as a pregnant woman

In 1976, a rebellion in the Ankara Central Closed Prison and Detention House which Yılmaz Güney witnessed, broke out in the children’s ward, and spread throughout the whole prison. He was deeply affected by it and later he wrote a novel titled “We Want Stove, Window Glass and Two Breads” in Kayseri Prison where he was sent after the rebellion. The movie “Duvar” was shot in France in accordance with this novel when he left the country. The movie was made under very difficult conditions. The folk song "Haydêrê" performed by musician Garip Şahin has become recognizable after the movie.

Yılmaz Güney uses analogies to describe the conditions in the postcoup Turkey. The oppression, new government formed of soldiers, and the citizens are portrayed through the analogy of prison and prisoner. He conveys the military regime in the postcoup Turkey through the soldiers running around the prison and singing the national anthem. In addition, as they frequently make blood donation announcements in the prison, he conveys that both the current administration and the order are losing blood, getting even worse day by day. He tells the hard social and political conditions through multiple analogies. During these times, anyone who opposes or complaints about the difficulties and the conditions of the postcoup government is called “communist” or “rebellious” and gets a political prisoner. Güney conveys this situation in the movie with what happens after a child prisoner writes a poem.

• Duvar at IMDb
• TurkishFilmChannel page for the film