Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)

A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.

Director:

Özer Kiziltan

Writer:

Önder Çakar

Stars:

Erkan Can, Meray Ülgen, Güven Kiraç

19 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Erkan Can	...	Muharrem
Meray Ülgen	...	Seyh
Güven Kiraç	...	Rauf
Öznur Kula	...	Seyh's Daughter Hacer
Erman Saban	...	Muhittin
Settar Tanriögen	...	Ali Bey
Engin Günaydin	...	Erol
Murat Cemcir	...	Mahmut
Müfit Aytekin	...	Ünal
Feridun Koç	...	Muzaffer (as Feridun Koc)
Hakan Gürsoytrak	...	Meczup Devran
Salaetin Bilal	...	Sükrü
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fatima Adoum	...	Hayriye and Hacer's french voices (voice)
Erdal Parmaksizoglu
Duygu Sen

Storyline

Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem's inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.

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Plot Keywords:

sufism | islamism | dhikr | istanbul turkey | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Turkey's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

User Reviews

God, Relations and perfect role Play

The film is about a devoted man to God and his rise in a Way of Islamic society. The film focuses on an ordinary man's Islamic life to his interference with money affairs and the results of it. The psychological state of the man is analyzed from sociological way as well.

The film is great from two main aspects. The first aspect is Erkan Can's wonderful role play. Enormous acting performance. Just unbelievable. The other great side is, the film is shot at real historical places of Istanbul.

The only weakness of the film is the end part of it. The enormous entrance the psychological and sociological perfectness in the beginning was not given in as good as beginning.

Moreover as a philosopher I would like to comment that this film gives a side of Islamica philosophy both its sociology.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Turkey]

Country:

Germany Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Frica de Dumnezeu

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,040,826

Company Credits

Production Co:

Corazón International, Dorje Film, Yeni Sinemacilar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1