Head-On

Head-On

7.5IMDb Score
Released:2004-03-11
Duration:122 min
Director:Fatih Akin
Actors:Sibel Kekilli, Birol Ünel, Güven Kıraç, Meltem Cumbul, Adam Bousdoukos
Production:Corazón International, Wüste Film, ARTE, Bavaria Film International, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), NDR, Pan-Film

Overview:

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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