土耳其電影 一百年 從仿荷里活到本土堀起

被喻為土耳其現代電影經典，Yilmaz Guney 在獄中創作劇本，與新浪潮電影導演拍擋Serif Goren再並肩作戰，Guney 更不惜帶走膠片逃到瑞士並在巴黎完成剪輯，成就了首部奪得康城最高榮譽金棕櫚獎的土耳其電影。電影圍繞著五位階下囚獲得假釋，回鄉探親卻發現滿目瘡痍，五宗罪代表共和時代的民族解放、階級鬥爭和政治批判，其中一位政治犯克服重重險阻，重回到了人民抗爭運動，振奮人心。三十年後的今日，經歷了八十年代的軍事政變、經濟自由化，但族群對立、政黨惡鬥卻變本加厲，土耳其的政局仍陷水深火熱之中，《自由之路》結局值得反思。

Incarcerated numerous times throughout his career including during the shooting of this film, Yilmaz Guney opens his masterpiece in a setting the Kurdish director is well familiar with: a Turkish prison in the aftermath of the country’s 1980 military coup. Five inmates are granted a week’s leave to return home, but the outside world they encounter is no better than a prison. Each man’s journey is met with obstacles as they confront military violence, feudal customs and inner demons that destroy what family and freedom they have left. After escaping from prison in 1981, Guney completed The Way in exile and won the Palme d’Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.