Babam ve Oglum

"Give Him a Room Dad, He Has Nowhere to Go..."

Nov 18 2005 Not Rated 1h 52m
Drama, Family

A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.

Plot

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

Çagan Irmak

Directed by

Çagan Irmak

Cast

Çetin Tekindor, Fikret Kuskan, Hümeyra

Crew

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Production Countries

Turkey

Production Companies

Avsar Film

Languages

Türkçe

Awards

14 wins & 7 nominations total

Trailers
Babam ve Oglum (My Father & My Son) "English Trailer"
Scores
# of Votes
96,498
Average Rating
8.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA