Head On

Section: Special Screenings
Title: Gegen die wand
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Birol Ünel, Catrin Striebeck, Sibel Kekilli
Duration: 2h 1m
Country: Germany
Year: 2004

Cahit stumbles from bar to bar in Hamburg, lost in an alcoholic haze. The boozy Turkish immigrant crashes his car into a wall, which lands him in a mental institution. There he meets the suicidal Sibel. She convinces him to marry her, because otherwise her family will arrange her marriage to a Turkish man of their choosing. She proposes a deal to Cahit: she will cook and clean for him and they can see other people. Thus begins their strange romance.

Special screening in honor of actress Sibel Kekili, who will serve as a jury member at TIFF 2024!