My Father and My Son

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My Father and My Son
TurkishBabam ve Oğlum
Directed byÇağan Irmak
Written byÇağan Irmak
Produced byŞükrü Avşar
StarringÇetin Tekindor
Fikret Kuşkan
Hümeyra
Şerif Sezer
Ege Tanman
Özge Özberk
Tuba Büyüküstün
CinematographyRıdvan Ülgen
Edited byKivanç Ilgüner
Music byEvanthia Reboutsika
Production
company
Avşar Film
Release date
  • 18 November 2005 (2005-11-18)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Budget$1,400,000
Box office₺25,470,085 (domestic)

My Father and My Son (Turkish: Babam ve Oğlum) is a 2005 Turkish drama film written and directed by Çağan Irmak about a family torn apart by the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. The film which went on nationwide release on 18 November 2005 (2005-11-18) became one of the highest-grossing Turkish films in history.

Plot

In order to study

Agricultural Engineering
so he can manage the family farm. During his years at university Sadık becomes a militant in left wing politics. Upon learning about Sadık's behavior, Hüseyin disowns him.

However worse days are ahead for Sadık. In the early hours of the morning on

military coup. Sadık's wife gives birth in a park and dies, but their son, Deniz, possibly named after leftist youth icon Deniz Gezmiş
, survives.

Because of his political activities, Sadık is arrested, tortured, and imprisoned for three years during which time he loses his health. A few years after being released, he finds out that he will die. Having no other choice, he takes Deniz back to his family farm on the Aegean into the care of his mother and his father, who still does not speak to him. For Deniz, who is absorbed in the magical world of

short wave radio
, his aunt Hanife (Binnur Kaya) who wears bracelets from her wrist all the way to her shoulder, and his uncle (Yetkin Dikinciler) who is a little naive.

There is trouble in store, however, for Sadık and Hüseyin who must come to terms with their past and each other. Sadık also needs to face his first love, now married with two children, and the question of old friends. However his sickness takes over and Sadık passes away. His parents take over the responsibility of Deniz who comes into term with his father's loss.

Awards

The film won an award for its soundtrack at the World Soundtrack Awards, awarded to Evanthia Reboutsika.

Kuşkan was given the Best actor award at the 25th

Istanbul Film Festival for his performance in Babam ve Oğlum.[1]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Sinematurk.com: Awards for Fikret Kuşkan". sinematurk.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-03.

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