Groom's Block (2017)
Groom's Block is slang in Turkey for prison sections holding those accused of serious sex crimes. The film's story and characters are drawn from everyday life. In the Groom's Block, the guards and prison governor manipulate tensions, as prisoners push each other to the edge of existence. We experience the tension and paradox of a violent prison and justice systems reflecting the shifting moral norms and structure of Turkish society. The jailed and jailers enforce violent justice daily, expressing in their lives a society confronted with its need to hide from itself, in desperate denial of its cruel contradictions.
Director: İlker Savaşkurt
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Musa Can Pekcan as Yusuf Şengül |
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Diyar Karataş as Serkan Şahin |
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Barış Atay as Hüseyin İçli |
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Caner Erdem as Mümin Bayram |
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Halit Karaata as Haydar Çatalca |
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Turgay Atalay as Chief Guard Murat |
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İbrahim Aköz as Adem Yılmaz |
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Feyzan Soykan as Ramazan Yüce |
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Kirkor Dinçkayıkçı as Governor Ilhami |
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Zülfü Hamit Altin as İlyas Küçük |
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Özgür Emre Yıldırım as Burhan Küçük |
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Gökhan Yıkılkan as Guardian Fatih |
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Baran Demir as Guardian Cihan |
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Münibe Millet as Sevda Demir |
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Serdar Bordanacı as Inspector |
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Feriha Eyüboğlu as Saniye Yılmaz |
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Cem Kenar as Hasan Çatalca |
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Mustafa Noyan Arat as Guardian Ahmet |
| Writing | Mehmet Kala | Story |
| Directing | İlker Savaşkurt | Director |
| Writing | Mehmet Kala | Writer |
| Writing | Seref Nokta | Co-Writer |