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| Çetin Tekindor | ... | Hüseyin | |
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Fikret Kuskan | ... | Sadik |
| Hümeyra | ... | Nuran | |
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Ege Tanman | ... | Deniz |
| Serif Sezer | ... | Gülbeyaz | |
| Yetkin Dikinciler | ... | Salim | |
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Binnur Kaya | ... | Hanife |
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Mahmut Gökgöz | ... | Ibrahim |
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Nergis Çorakçi | ... | Sakine |
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Bilge Sen | ... | Fatma |
| Tuba Büyüküstün | ... | Aysun | |
| Özge Özberk | ... | Birgül | |
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Erdal Tosun | ... | Gazeteci Mustafa |
| Halit Ergenç | ... | Özkan | |
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Tugyan Akay Kavukçu | ... | K. Hüseyin |
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. Written by Ali Riza Bolukbasi
The acting was perfect in this movie from the kid (Deniz) to Çetin Tekindor (Hüseyin Aga). All player did their job in a great performance. Also the places the film shot was great. My grandfather lives in a similar village, and I used to go to there in summers in my early ages. I went to back again to my childhood when I was watching the movie. It reflects the life style of those places in a very good manner and reality. No detail was skipped. Also the director mixed the drama and joy in the movie very well so that you can laugh suddenly when you pity for something you see in the movie. This was, I think, a great directing success for the new generation director, Çagan Irmak. So, this a "must to see" film I think, especially for the Turkish viewers (It includes so much domestic features). But international viewers can also get a real good taste of it, because main themes (such as family bonds, love of son) in the movie are humane things.