Head-On

– Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
Gegen die Wand
Head-On (2004) - Also known as Gegen die Wand

Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.

Head-On (2004) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Mar 2004

Language:

German, Turkish, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Fatih Akin

Writer:

Fatih Akin (book)

Main Actors:

Birol Ünel, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie, Stefan Gebelhoff

Plot:

In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.

Awards:

25 wins & 13 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
78%