Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Timuçin Esen | ... | Müslüm Gürses | |
Zerrin Tekindor | ... | Muhterem Nur | |
Ayça Bingöl | ... | Emine Akbas | |
Erkan Can | ... | Limoncu Ali | |
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Taner Ölmez | ... | Ahmet Akbas |
Erkan Avci | ... | Bahtiyar | |
Sahin Kendirci | ... | Young Müslüm Akbas | |
Turgut Tuncalp | ... | Mehmet Akbas | |
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Caner Kurtaran | ... | Sefer |
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Goncagül Sunar | ... | Suzan |
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Güven Kiraç | ... | Burhan Bayar |
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil | ... | Night Club Owner | |
Altan Erkekli | ... | Psychologist | |
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Alper Parlak | ... | Child Müslüm Akbas |
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Vait Çelik | ... | Child Ahmet Akbas |
Born into a poor family, witnessed the tragedy of his mother and his baby sister getting killed by his father in front of his eyes, a serious car accident, which he was first pronounced dead that left him partially deaf and gave him gestural and speaking difficulties, which later became part and parcel of his eccentric personality, a tumultuous relationship with a movie actress and singer who is 21 years older than him. Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as "internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father). First he was the Father of the young, low-income urban misfits or rejects. With his eccentric personality, tender, mournful, resonant unique baritone voice and his unconventional vocal style, lyrics that conceal much of...
I've watched other films of the director. There was'nt sense of cinema. They looked like a TV show. But, This is not a movie. You feel the sense of cinema. if only, the songs were short. disrupts realism.