Turk's Head (2010)

Original title

Tête de Turc

Directed by

Pascal Elbé

Genre

drama film, hood film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

U

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is taken hostage by a group of desperate teenagers in Marseille. The story follows the escalating tension between them after a bus burning incident.

tensegrittybleakemotionalsuspensefulgroundeddisturbingurban

What happens

Turk's Head (French: Tête de turc – the expression also has the colloquial meaning of 'scapegoat' or 'fall guy' in French) is a 2010 French thriller film directed by and starring Pascal Elbé. Roschdy Zem and Israel actress, Ronit Elkabetz also star. It was released in France on 31 March 2010. The film was inspired by the real-life incident in 2006 in Marseille where a group of impoverished teenagers torched a bus, severely burning a female passenger. It received its international premiere 'in competition' on 31 August 2010 at the Montreal World Film Festival, this will be followed by a theatrical release in Canada on 10 September 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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