''My Father and My Son'' ( tr, Babam ve Oğlum) is a 2005 Turkish

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written and directed by

Çağan Irmak Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series '' Çemberimde Gül Oya'' (2004–2005) and ''Asmalı Konak'' (2002� ...

about a family torn apart by the

1980 Turkish coup d'état The 1980 Turkish coup d'état ( tr, 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by ...

. The film which went on nationwide release on became one of the highest-grossing Turkish films in history.

Plot

In order to study

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, Sadık leaves his village on the Aegean coast. This angers his father, Hüseyin, who wants him to study

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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 12 September 1980 Sadık's pregnant wife starts having contractions. The couple runs outside, but they can't find anyone to take them to the hospital, due to a curfew. The country has been taken over in a

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

Deniz Gezmiş Deniz Gezmiş (27 February 1947 – 6 May 1972) was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, student leader, and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THK ...

, 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

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, meeting his relatives on the farm is a new experience. There is his grandmother (Hümeyra Akbay) who drives a tractor and speaks on a

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, 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

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, awarded to

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. Kuşkan was given the Best actor award at the 25th

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for his performance in ''Babam ve Oğlum''.

Cast

Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to İ ...

– Sadık *

Çetin Tekindor Çetin Tekindor (born 16 July 1945) is a Turkish actor. Biography Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory, he made his professional acting debut in a play ''IV. Murat'' in 1970. Beside ac ...

– Hüseyin *

Hümeyra Fatma Hümeyra Akbay (; born 15 October 1947) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the hit sitcom ''Avrupa Yakası'', ...

– Nuran *

Şerif Sezer Şerif Sezer (born 1946) is a Turkish actress. She is also known for her roles in Turkish cult films like Everything About Mustafa and My Father and My Son. She was born in 1946 in Mudanya and she has Rumelian, Georgian Georgian may refer to: ...

– Gülbeyaz Teyze * – Deniz *

Özge Özberk Özge Özberk (born 13 August 1976) is a Turkish actress who has acted in many films, television series and plays. Biography Özge Özberk was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1976. Her brother is actor, Özgür Özberk. She studied theater at Istanb ...

– Birgül *

Tuba Büyüküstün Hatice Tûba Büyüküstün (; born 5 July 1982) is a Turkish actress. She is the recipient of several awards and one of Turkey's most popular and highest paid actresses. Personal life Büyüküstün's parents are from Erzurum. The maternal sid ...

– Aysun *

Yetkin Dikinciler Yetkin Dikinciler (born 15 August 1969) is a Turkish actor. Biography Yetkin Dikinciler graduated in Theatre from the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University. He was awarded "Best Actor" for his role as Nazım Hikmet in ''Mavi Gözlü Dev'' ...

– Salim *

Binnur Kaya Binnur Kaya (born 19 April 1972) is a Turkish actress. Biography Kaya graduated in theatre from Bilkent University in 1995. She went to Istanbul where she worked at the Ankara Sahnesi and Karatahta Child Theatres and then at the Bakırköy Munici ...

– Hanife *

Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç (; born 30 April 1970) is a Turkish actor known for his role as Sultan Suleiman I in ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl,'' Onur Aksal in ''Binbir Gece'' and Cevdet in ''Vatanim Sensin''. Biography Halit Ergenç was born as the son of Yeşil ...

– Özkan * – Kahya

References

External links

* * * {{Çağan Irmak 2005 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2005 drama films Turkish drama films Films set in the 1980s Films set in İzmir Films directed by Çağan Irmak Films shot in İzmir Films shot in Istanbul Films about coups d'état