My Father and My Son

Nov 18, 2005

1h 52m

★ 7.4

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Avşar Film

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Cast

Sadık

Fikret Kuşkan

Deniz

Ege Tanman

Hüseyin

Çetin Tekindor

Nuran

Hümeyra

Gülbeyaz

Şerif Sezer

Salim

Yetkin Dikinciler

Hanife

Binnur Kaya

İbrahim

Mahmut Gökgöz

Sakine

Nergis Çorakçı

Fatma

Bilge Şen

Aysun

Tuba Büyüküstün

Birgül

Özge Özberk

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