Head On
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fatih Akin
Birol Unel
Sibel Kekilli
Catrin Striebeck
Guven Kirac
Meltem Cumbul
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
40-year-old Cahit is brought to German psychiatric clinic after attempting suicide and sets out to start a new life, even as he longs for drugs and alcohol to numb his pain. Sibel is young, pretty and, like Cahit, Turkish-German. She lives a lifestyle that is a bit too wild for her devout, conservative Muslim family and fakes a suicide attempt to try and escape them. But the incident brings shame upon her family, who insist that only marriage can save her. Sibel begs Cahit to marry her and he reluctantly agrees, perhaps in an effort to save her and to find meaning in his own life. Initially the two share an apartment and little else as Sibel sees other men and Cahit continues to have flings with his on-again, off-again girlfriend. Gradually, however, Cahit begins to fall in love with Sibel and she, in turn, comes to realize that she loves him - but not before an incident of jealous violence tests this fledgling romance. When Cahit is sent to jail and Sibel flees to Turkey, her heart, mind and soul remain with him - but for how long?
Director
Fatih Akin
Cast
Birol Unel
Sibel Kekilli
Catrin Striebeck
Guven Kirac
Meltem Cumbul
Cem Akin
Aysel Iscan
Demir Gokgol
Stefan Gebelhoff
Hermann Lause
Adam Bousdoukos
Ralph Misske
Mehmet Kurtulus
Crew
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin
Katrin Aschendorf
Nursen Balci
Andrew Bird
Richard Borowski
Ingrid Holzapfel
Rainer Klausmann
Tamo Kunz
Tamo Kunz
Mehmet Kurtulus
Torsten Lemke
Kai Luede
Klaus Maeck
Andreas Schreitmuller
Daniel Schroder
Stefan Schubert
Ralph Schwingel
Mai Seck
Kerstin Stelter
Andreas Thiel
Andreas Thiel
Andreas Thiel
Jeanette Wurl
Herbert Wust
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2004 Golden Bear for Best Picture at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Foreign Film by the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC).
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States February 2004
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States November 2004
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
Released in United States Winter January 21, 2005
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 5-15, 2004.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 28-February 6, 2005.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival January 28-February 6, 2005.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Emerging Masters) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.)
Released in United States Winter January 21, 2005 (NY)
Released in United States February 2004 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 5-15, 2004.)
Released in United States on Video September 13, 2005
Released in United States November 2004 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Made in Germany) November 4-14, 2004.)
