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Released
2017 · FILM

Groom's Block

Directed by
Runtime
104 min
Language
TR
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Ilker SavaskurtShot by Serdar UnluturkScored by Ugur Ates

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