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Gegen die Wand (2004)

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Berlin International Film Festival

BERLIN -- "Head-On" (Gegan die Wand) is an intense, romantic, funny-sad, sometimes harrowing, always moving portrait of cultural estrangement and the power of love. The immediate subject of Fatih Akin's fourth feature as a writer and director is German residents of Turkish extraction. But his film achieves a universality that... Read the full review and more at hollywoodreporter.com.

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50. Eric D. Snider
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92. The Stranger [Andrew Wright]
93. Turkish Daily News [Emrah Guler]
94. Twitch
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