Voice of My Father

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2012 Turkish film

Voice of My Father

Turkish	Babamın Sesi
Kurdish	Dengê Bavê Min

Directed by	Orhan Eskiköy Zeynel Doğan
Written by	Orhan Eskiköy
Produced by	Özgür Doğan
Starring	Basê Doğan Zeynel Doğan Hasan Doğan Gülizar Doğan
Cinematography	Emre Erkmen
Edited by	Orhan Eskiköy Çiçek Kahraman
Production company	Perişan Film
Distributed by	Tiglon Film
Release date	January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29) (World Premiere)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Turkey Germany France
Languages	Kurdish Turkish

Voice of My Father (Turkish: Babamın Sesi, Kurdish: Dengê Bavê Min) is a 2012 drama film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Doğan and written by Eskiköy. Its world premiere took place in the International Rotterdam Film Festival on 29 January 2012. A Germany, France and Turkey co-production filmed in Diyarbakır and Elbistan, Voice of My Father tells the story of a Kurdish-Alevi family affected by the Maraş Massacre. Having won the "Best Film" and "Best Screenplay" awards in The Golden Boll and another "Best Screenplay" in Istanbul Film Festival, the film is based on actual events which, film's co-director and lead actor, Zeynel Doğan's family had gone through and its central story is focused on actual tapes left from his father.^[1]

Synopsis

Basê lives in Elbistan by herself. She wants her eldest son Hasan to return home and establish a new life. She also believes the silent phone calls which she receives frequently are from Hasan. Her younger son Mehmet lives in Diyarbakır and Mehmet learns that he's about to become a father. He moves to a new house and while moving finds a tape in between his belongings, recorded to be sent to his father, that contains his and his mother's voice. Mehmet then leaves to Elbistan to find out the tapes his father recorded and to persuade his mother to live with him in Diyarbakır. However, he finds his mother thinking about nothing but Hasan and slowly starts to enter his mother's world. He repairs stuff that his mother asked him to and does all the gardening work. At the same time keeps looking for the tapes, his father had sent. Although Basê tries to distance him from the existence of the tapes by telling him that there are no such tapes left, she fails to deter. As Mehmet continues looking for the tapes, he begins learning things about his family he didn't know before.^[2]

Cast

Zeynel Doğan as Mehmet
Basê Doğan as Basê
Gülizar Doğan as Gülizar
Hasan Doğan as Hasan

Awards

19th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (17–23 September 2012)
- Best Screenplay (Won), Best Film (Won)
31st International Istanbul Film Festival (31 March - 14 April 2012)
- Best Screenplay (Won)