Head-On

Mar 11, 2004

2h 2m

★ 7.5

You don't really know how much you can love...

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Corazón International

Wüste Film

ARTE

Bavaria Film International

Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM)

NDR

Pan-Film

Head-On Trailers

Cast

Sibel Güner

Sibel Kekilli

Cahit Tomruk

Birol Ünel

Seref

Güven Kıraç

Selma

Meltem Cumbul

Barmann

Adam Bousdoukos

Barmann Istanbul

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Nico

Stefan Gebelhoff

Maren

Catrin Striebeck

Yunus Güner

Demir Gökgöl

Yilmaz Güner

Cem Akin

Birsen Güner

Aysel İşcan

Bus Driver

Orhan Güner

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