Head-On

Head-On

  • Director: Fatih Akin
  • Countries of origin: Germany, Turkey
  • Language: German, Turkish, English
  • Release date: March 11, 2004
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital EX
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Against the Wall
  • "Gegen die Wand" is a love movie produced by Universal Pictures Germany. It is directed by Fatih Akin and starred by Borger Union, Siebel Kekili, and Metham Kubull. The film was released in Germany on February 12, 2004. 
    The film focuses on the lives of Turkish immigrants in Germany. It tells the story of a German-born Turkish girl Siber who tried to persuade a middle-aged Turkish man to marry her in order to get rid of the strict rules and precepts of a Muslim family. 

    Details

    • Release date March 11, 2004
    • Filming locations Fabrik, Altona, Hamburg, Germany
    • Production companies ARTE, Bavaria Film International, Corazón International

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $435,395

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $15,216

    Gross worldwide

    $11,065,801

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alia 2022-03-25 09:01:11

      against the wall

      Their experiences are embedded in their characters, and they are violent and violent, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand the origin.
      I couldn't help judging their lives with a sense of superiority, and couldn't help but preach.
      For example, why are you so impulsive, why are you doing nothing, why are you drinking so badly, and taking drugs.
      But the director obviously didn't mean it that way. He didn't want to show this kind of social problem. He seems to just want to...

    • By Fern 2022-03-24 09:02:21

      Head on

      Aiming to be a romantic movie with german elements, I went to the school cinema to watch this movie. From the beginning, Cahit's alcoholism and crazy talk were taken as a joke, and later on, Cahit became more and more hopeless, domestic violence, alcoholism, and drug addiction. He kicked Sibel out of the house on the night of his wedding with Sibel.

      I really like how Sibel looked the next morning, wearing a white wedding dress, walking out of the street corner, so happy, as if there...

    • By Carmel 2022-03-24 09:02:21

      two themes

      1. The classic nostalgic theme. The hero and heroine were lost in a wild way in Germany, which did not belong to them, and returned to Turkey, where the river made them peaceful. Hometown is their stable place, and Siebel's choice to stay in a stable family is the most important part of the director's warm praise for his hometown.
      2. Freedom for marginalized people. In her seemingly unhealthy way, Siebel is chasing freedom. Then trapped in freedom. Until love, hometown, and family teach...

    • By Elyssa 2022-03-23 09:02:19

      A life of despair, redemption and responsibility.

      The hero and heroine don't end up together because that's life and the movie can't change it.

      On a rainy afternoon, the first German movie I watched carefully.

      A special feature of this film is that it rarely uses background music, so it feels extremely melancholy, sad, and heavy. Even a few smiley clips are presented in a wildly offbeat way. For example, the male protagonist smashes the wine glass with both hands and shouts, I am in love. At the same time, blood was...

    • By Eloise 2022-03-22 09:02:06

      Such an ending is always sad and cookie-cutter

      The wasted team went to the Goethe-Institut on the 5th to watch "Forever Onward", it was very beautiful, and the protagonists were very loving. The male is the combination of mick jagger and kurt cobian, and the female is fair and translucent, smiling brightly and innocently, so that it hurts to see them profligate like that. The spearhead of flesh and blood is society, but the sharper bayonet is emotion.

      I won't talk about the plot, hey, they are all praying mantises in front of the...

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    • By Dannie 2022-12-07 20:38:29

      He ruined himself for her, and as compensation she ruined herself; forever is too far away, she has a new life with a husband and children, and he is at peace. As if leaving each other can bring light to each other. (Only two curiosity: his former wife, her current...

    • By Germaine 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      "Whether all those who have lost their lovers are as crazy as I am. "All that can be done and felt is...

    • By Sam 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      German teacher Tobi said his dad's favorite movie, haha! Yes, two people who have "died" together, love and abuse from life to death, and the poor end was calm and docile because of the years. Very watchable, the performances of the male and female protagonists are good, full and fresh. . . Apart from being a handsome guy who is not tall, the male protagonist felt that the female protagonist's nose was too fake at the beginning, but in the Nima film, her nose was really made. ....

    • By Mae 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      The heroine turned out to be the chaotic, hot and cruel romantic from the beginning to the end of the filming. The love is too blind and neurotic. The ending only sighs "forgetting too...

    • By Dorris 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      The root of the tangle, the tempering of love. Intense and brave yet resolutely silent. The shock and repression of the bipolar culture, frustration and rebellion meet nakedly, the debauchery and longing in the heart, the departure and return of the destiny, from the madness of dying to the calmness of the stream. The music and the content are connected and narrated, which not only shows the neatness of the form, but also the uninhibited penetrating...

    Movie plot

    Kahid, a 40-year-old Turk living in Germany ( played by Pogel Younel ) , became depressed because of unemployment. He decided to end his life without dying and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. In the hospital, he met Sibel (Siebel Kejili), a second-generation Turkish immigrant girl who also attempted suicide . Siebel, who grew up in Germany, didn't really want to commit suicide, but wanted to take the opportunity to...
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    Evaluation action

    The subject matter of the film may not be new, but the director used one of the most powerful and modern methods to interpret it. (Commented by Francis McDowell, Chairman of the Berlin Film Festival Jury) 
    The original expectation of "Gegen die Wand" was buried by a deep sense of loss. Faith Akin described the life conditions of two Turkish immigrants in the lower class of Germany between tradition and reality. Although the reality is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Cahit: Are you strong enough to stay between me and her?

      Selma: Are you strong enough to destroy her life?

    • Dr. Schiller: If you want to end your life, end it. You don't have to kill yourself to do that.

    • Cahit: Punk is not dead!

      Sibel: Punk is not dead!