My Father and My Son (2005)
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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Best movie of this year hands down!
Excellent but underrated film
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
The family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after a military coup in 1980's Turkey. Baham ve Oglum is not a kind of film that deserves an 8.5/10 hell it doesn't even deserve to have a 3.2/10 it's just that bad and boring. The film's main protagonists were also very horrible and just phoning it in, the storyline was also very muddled and cheesy. I hope that one day truly good films go into the Top 250 and not films like this or anything else like that cause other great movies fall short on being in there and it's not fair at all to me and i'm sorry. (0/10)
the movie tells the story and the suffering of a Turkish rebellious left-wing journalist who left his village where he used to live long time ago and went to Istanbuli never thought the Turkish drama will be as good as thatthe movie staff perfectly demonstrate the real live in village, family, relationships, laugh, grieve and lovedespite the great performance in this movie, this film has a great aims and facts everyone should understand about lifethe movie is suitable to be watch by all family members and i recommend you to watch it with your parentswhile watching, some scenes may recall sad memory of yours so be alarmed, but i guess it's OK after all
"When people grow up, have they shrink your dreams?" Babam ve Oglum is the movie for who say i never cry. This is not just a movie, This movie is as real as real life. The film is so emotional. You will be both happy and upset when watching the movie, because you will understand the value of life, decisions, family. I have watched a lot of movies but never felt that much. This movie really manages to connect with the audience. You should don't think, you just watch.
Having seen a lot of Turkish films, I do agree with someone writing in this site that this is perhaps the best Turkish movie ever and one that can hold proudly its place amongst the best worldwide. Everything is perfect, direction, photography, acting, you cannot help but feel for its characters and identify with them, especially if you share the same location in the map, similarities in history and personality traits.I loved the child actor, he can make you smile and cry, but also the whole movie is about feelings, pain, sadness, anger, love, forgiveness and most important the joy of life.Another strong point is the music, made by the Greek composer Euanthia Reboutsika. Gave the movie wholeheartedly a 10 rating! I wish there were more of its kind.