Synopsis
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
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Cast
- Sibel KekilliSibel Güner
- Birol ÜnelCahit Tomruk
- Güven KıraçSeref
- Meltem CumbulSelma
- Adam BousdoukosBarmann
- Mehmet KurtuluşBarmann Istanbul
- Stefan GebelhoffNico
- Catrin StriebeckMaren
- Demir GökgölYunus Güner
- Cem AkinYilmaz Güner
Recommendations
- 90
Newsweek
Akin's raw, powerful, multileveled movie takes us places we never expected to go. - 80
Variety
Fine, gritty, contempo love story. - 80
The A.V. Club
A romantic comedy with jagged edges, Fatih Akin's exhilarating Head-On paves the road to love through miles of prickly thatch. - 80
The New York Times
Despite the tears, the blood and the booze, Head-On is a hopeful film. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Superbly acted. - 70
Chicago Reader
Director Faith Akin has skill and panache, and the lead actors are likable. But the film's high energy can't compensate for the muddled conception. - 70
Village Voice
Head-On loses its merry mojo once events turn irrevocable and the action switches from Hamburg to Istanbul. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Fatih Akin's surprisingly grisly feature spills more blood than both of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films combined, which is strange when you consider that it's a love story.
