Turkey is officially the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, along with Israel. But "Yol" shows that regardless of Turkey's official classification, it does have political prisoners. In this case, five of them are given a leave so that they can visit their families. While on their leaves, they (and the audience) get to see the realities of life. They may have been released from prison, but there are some metaphoric prisons that we can never escape, no matter how free we consider ourselves.
It was interesting that Yilmaz Guney managed to make this movie from jail. He did a very good job here.
It was interesting that Yilmaz Guney managed to make this movie from jail. He did a very good job here.