by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Produced in France, The Wall (aka Le Mur) was the last work of Turkish writer/director/political activist Yilmaz Guney. Like most of his best works (e.g. Yol), Guney based the wall on his own unhappy personal experience in his native country. The principal characters are a group of young disenfranchised orphans, detained in a prison in Ankara. Here the children are regularly brutalized and raped by the guards. The young prisoners ultimately stage an abortive revolt against their tormentors. Cowritten by Guney and Marie-Helene Quinton, The Wall was considered a disappointment by Guney's devotees, but has since been redefined as one of the director's most powerful works.
characteristics
- Miscarriage Of Justice
- Kids In Trouble
- Physical-abuse
- Prison
- Rape
- Revolt
- Security-police
- Security-guard
- Revolution
- Rapist
- Lock-up
- Escape
- Brig
- Atrocity
- Human-rights