Head-On

Head-On (Gegen die Wand) is a 2004 film written and directed by Fatih Akin. At the 2004 European Film Awards, the movie won the "Best Film" and the "Audience Award".

Plot

Cahit Tomruk (played by Birol Ünel) is a German with Turkish root at his late 30's. He has given up his life after the death of his wife. Furthermore, the anguish in his soul continues to cry out for cocaine and alcohol to numb his pain. One night, he intentionally crashes into a wall, and barely survives. At the psychiatric clinic he is taken to, he meets a girl, Sibel Güner (Sibel Kekilli), another German Turk who has tried to commit suicide. She asks Cahit to carry out a formal marriage with her out of the blue so that she can break out of the strict rules of her conservative family. Cahit is turned off by the idea at first, but then he agrees to take part in this plan. As Sibel tells him frankly that she prefers an independent sex life, they live as roommates with separate private lives for a while. Then things take a different turn as Cahit killed one of her lovers out of jealousy and thus he has to go to prison.

External links

• Official site (In German)
• Head-On at the Internet Movie Database