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My Father and My Son

2005 · 112 min

It is a deeply affecting journey through fractured relationships and the weight of historical upheaval.

Directed by
Çağan Irmak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fikret Kuşkan, Ege Tanman, Çetin Tekindor
Tagline
Give Him a Room Dad, He Has Nowhere to Go...
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Çağan Irmak
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fikret Kuşkan, Ege Tanman, Çetin Tekindor
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • trauma
  • identity
  • politics
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Çağan Irmak
Written by
Çağan Irmak
Starring
Fikret Kuşkan, Ege Tanman, Çetin Tekindor, Hümeyra, Şerif Sezer, Yetkin Dikinciler, Binnur Kaya, Mahmut Gökgöz
Cinematography
Ridvan Ülgen
Runtime
112 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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