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Name of Film
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The son (Ogul)
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Original Title
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Ogul
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Director
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Atilla Cengiz
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Language
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Turkish
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Mins
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97 min.
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Synopsis
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An outstanding, powerful and atmospheric first feature
from writerdirector Atilla Cengiz. Soner, a naive 18-year-old, leaves his
hometown on the Black Sea coast for the first time to see his girlfriend but
the journey becomes a dangerous adventure as his path crosses with that of
Musa, a Kurdish villager whose son is a guerrilla fighter in the mountains of
southeastern
The Son (Turkish: Oğul) is a 2011 Turkish drama film,
written and directed by Atilla Cengiz, starring Rıza Akın and Enes Atış as
respectively a Kurdish villager whose son is fighting in the mountains and a
young man who journeys east to meet his beloved. The film, which went on
nationwide general release across Turkey on October 14, 2011, premiered at
the 35th Montreal World Film Festival August (18-28, 2011) and was screened
in competition at the 30th International Istanbul Film Festival (April 2 to
17, 2011). —Turkish Cinema (Türk Sineması) on Facebook
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Note on Director
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Director and writer Atilla Cengiz’s ‘Oğul’ (The Son)
tackles war in southeastern
EMRAH GÜLER
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