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Turk's Head is a french film of genre Drama directed by Pascal Elbé with Roschdy Zem
Turk's Head (2010)
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Add to a movie listTurk'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 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.
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Set amidst Marseille's immigrant suburbs, a devastating chain of events unfolds when 14-year-old Turk, Bora, hurls a Molotov cocktail at a car. The occupant is an emergency doctor who has been called out to attend to a woman with cardiac problems. Regretful, the teenager rescues the injured doctor who ends up in a coma. The saga continues with the doctor's brother seeking to find the perpetrator.Actors
Roschdy Zem
(Atom)
Ronit Elkabetz
(Sibel, la mère de Bora)
Pascal Elbé
(Simon)
Simon Abkarian
(Le veuf)
Florence Thomassin
(Mouna)
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