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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Cast
20 people
Musa Can Pekcan
Yusuf Şengül
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Adem Yılmaz
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İlker Savaşkurt Director · Mehmet Kala Writer
First release March 15, 2017 · Produced in Türkiye · Original title Damat Koğuşu
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Türkiye
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Original title
Damat Koğuşu
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Bulgaria · March 15, 2017
Theatrical · Sofia International Film Festival
Türkiye · April 13, 2017
Theatrical · Istanbul Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Türkiye
September 29, 2017 · Theatrical
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