well as there is already a thread on Almodóvar the Foreign Film4 Friday film of the week is gonna be...

 

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Head-On (German title: Gegen die Wand; Turkish title: Duvara Karşı) is a 2004 film written and directed by Fatih Akın. At the 2004 European Film Awards, the movie won the "Best Film" and the "Audience Award.

 

Cahit Tomruk (played by Birol Ünel) is a German of Turkish descent in his 40'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 (hence the title), and barely survives. At the psychiatric clinic he is taken to, Sibel Güner (Sibel Kekilli), another German Turk who has tried to commit suicide, approaches him. 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

excellent film, detailing a grubby, f*cked up relationship. good soundtrack as well!!!