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My Dear Son (Sevgili Oğlum)

My Dear Son (Sevgili Oğlum) (translated)

Movie · 1977 · 5 people

Shot in 1977 as a Turkish-Iranian co-production, the emotional drama Sevgili Oğlum ("My Dear Son") was released on 1 September 1977. Cüneyt Arkın directed it and plays the lead. Safa Önal wrote the screenplay, Berker İnanoğlu produced it, and the production companies were Er Film and Sezer Film. It runs about an hour and a quarter; its themes are family ties, sacrifice and revenge.

A family lives on a farm outside the city in Anatolia, attached to its land and roots. Its head, İskender Önal, is played by Cüneyt Arkın. Ahmet (Tuğrul Meteer) is restless: the big city, which he has visited a few times, has enchanted him. Refusing to farm, he decides to go to Istanbul against his family's wishes. His father yields before his determination. Soon the news of a death sends the father into the city's dark streets and a reckoning with the mob. Perihan Savaş plays İskender's daughter, Berhan Şimşek plays Halil, and Erol Taş appears as Akçaoğlu Hüseyin.

The cast also includes the Iranian performers Simin Ghaffari (Mine) and Mahmood Tehrani (Salih Baba), plus İsmail Hakkı Şen.

DirectorCüneyt Arkın
Production companyEr Film, Sezer Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 İskender Önal Perihan Savaş Perihan Savaş Actor · 71 years old İskender's Daughter Berhan Şimşek Berhan Şimşek Actor · 69 years old Erol Taş Erol Taş Actor · died at 72 Akçaoğlu Hüseyin Murat Arkın Murat Arkın Actor · 51 years old

Also in the cast: Mahmood Tehrani, İsmail Hakkı Şen, İlhan Hemşeri, Simin Ghaffari (Mine)

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Cüneyt Arkın both directs and stars, which signals that the reckoning will hit hard. But the film opens as a family drama, so you have to wait a bit for the action. The stretch where the father takes on the mob in the city's dark streets is the film's real engine. At an hour and a quarter, it doesn't waste much time. The emotional scenes run long, but Arkın's presence keeps the pace going.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Sevgili Oğlum takes on a theme Turkish cinema has often returned to, migration from the countryside to the city, through a father-and-son story. The clash between a farming family in Anatolia, attached to its land and roots, and Ahmet, who has been enchanted by Istanbul on a few visits, also expresses a rift between generations. The father giving way before his son's determination can be read as patriarchal authority yielding to changing times. Yet by building the big city largely out of dark streets and the mob, the film risks presenting urbanisation as a one-dimensional threat. Its status as a Turkish-Iranian co-production is an interesting footnote on the film relations of the period.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

An emotional drama about family ties and sacrifice; older viewers will easily get drawn in. But there is news of a death, followed by revenge and a showdown with the mob. Too heavy and harsh for young children. It can be watched with teenagers and then talked over, as the story of a son who wants to leave the village for the city. A good evening film for Cüneyt Arkın fans, once the kids are in bed.

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