My Father and My Son (2005)

The family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after a military coup in 1980's Turkey.

Director:

Çagan Irmak

Writer:

Çagan Irmak

Stars:

Çetin Tekindor, Fikret Kuskan, Hümeyra

Top Rated Movies #134 | 12 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Çetin Tekindor	...	Hüseyin
Fikret Kuskan	...	Sadik
Hümeyra	...	Nuran
Ege Tanman	...	Deniz
Serif Sezer	...	Gülbeyaz
Yetkin Dikinciler	...	Salim
Binnur Kaya	...	Hanife
Mahmut Gökgöz	...	Ibrahim
Nergis Çorakçi	...	Sakine
Bilge Sen	...	Fatma
Tuba Büyüküstün	...	Aysun
Özge Özberk	...	Birgül
Erdal Tosun	...	Gazeteci Mustafa
Halit Ergenç	...	Özkan
Tugyan Akay Kavukçu	...	K. Hüseyin

Storyline

Sadik is one of the rebellious youth who has been politically active as a university student and became a left-wing journalist in the 70's, despite his father's expectations of him becoming an agricultural engineer and taking control of their family farm in an Aegean village. On the dawn of September 12, 1980, when a merciless military coup hits the country, they cannot find access to any hospital or a doctor and his wife dies while giving birth to their only child, Deniz. After a long-lasting period of torture, trials, and jail time, Sadik returns to his village with 7-8 years old Deniz, knowing that it will be hard to correct things with his father, Huseyin.

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Plot Keywords:

village | grandfather grandson relationship | father son relationship | death in childbirth | death of son | 

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Taglines:

Give him a room dad, he has no place to go...

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Tokelau]

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

18 November 2005 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Abi va ebni

Filming Locations:

Izmir, Turkey

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$959,727 (Turkey), 2 December 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avsar Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title "Babam ve Oglum" means "My Father and My Son".

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Quotes

Sadik: Give him a room, a place to stay dad; he has nowhere to go!

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Soundtracks

Bir Sans Daha
Lyrics by Çagan Irmak
Music by Evanthia Reboutsika
Performed by Cihan Okan

User Reviews

One of the best Turkish movies ever

The movie starts on the days of military government, which started Sep.12th, 1980, and lasted 3 years (Effects of this action against democracy lasted more than 15 years). A young socialist newspaper writer (Fikret Kuskan) loses his wife on birth of his only son on the very first day of the military action, because he can not find any help for delivery of the child. After 6 years past, the father was desperate to find any jobs on the papers, which are now supporters of the new order, and decides to return his father (Çetin Tekindor)'s home in a small village near Izmir: A house that he has left years ago fighting his father's wills to make him a person that his father would like him to be.

I can not even summarize the rest of the movie, since one should see the movie himself/herself to understand the encounters of two strangers, father and son. One should notice the mother (Humeyra)'s role on the relationship (or non-relationship) of these two different men, and the grandson (Ege Tanman).

If you have a Mediterrenean blood, Greek, Italian, whatever, you will find many things in this movie. You don't have to be Turk to understand the emotional rivers in this movie. It really touches hearts of the Turkish people.