My Father, My Son

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My Father, My Son Babam Ve Oglum

Directed by	Cagan Irmak
Written by	Cagan Irmak
Starring	Cetin Tekindor Fikret Kuşkan Hümeyra Şerif Sezer Ege Tanman
Running time	108 minutes
Language	Turkish

My Father, My Son (Turkish: Babam ve Oğlum) is a 2005 Turkish Movie written and Directed by Cagan Irmak. The movie was seen by 3.500.000 in the spring of 2005.

[edit] Plot

In order to study Journalism at Istanbul University, Sadık leaves his village on the Aegean Sea. However, his father Hüseyin wants him to study Agricultural Engineering so he can take manage the family farm. Moreover, during his years at university Sadık becomes politically active. Upon learning this Hüseyin considers Sadık no longer his son. However for Sadık, who had been involved in many political events in the 70's, worse days were ahead. In the early hours of the morning on September 12, 1980 Sadık's pregnant wife starts having contractions. The couple runs outside, but they can't find anyone to take them to the hospital. The country had been taken over in a military coup. Sadık's wife dies during the birth, but their son, Deniz, lives. Sadık is arrested, tortured, and imprisoned for three years during which time he loses his health. A few years after being released, he realizes that he is dying. 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 will not speak to him. For Deniz, who is absorbed in the magical world of comic books, meeting his relatives on the farm is a new experience. There is his grandma who drives a tractor and speaks on a short wave radio, his aunt Hanife who wears bracelets from her wrist all the way to her shoulder, and his uncle who is a little slow. There is trouble in store, however, for Sadık and Hüseyin who must come to terms with their past and each other. (source: Turkish Wikipedia http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babam_ve_o%C4%9Flum)

[edit] Trivia

A local newspaper in Istanbul reported that 78% of the Istanbulian viewers claimed that they cried at least one time during the movie.^{[citation needed]}