Voice of My Father

Voice of My Father

88 mins | Drama, Family | Nov. 1, 2012

A haunting sociopolitical drama blending fiction and documentary to elucidate the turbulent history of a Kurdish family. Mehmet (co-director Zeynel Dogan) lives with his pregnant wife in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey. His father was fatally injured while working in Saudi Arabia and all he has left is an audio tape letter. Now he is to become a father himself, he visits his mother to ask about more of these cassettes but she’s evasive, reluctant to upset Mehmet’s view of his father with the whole dark story.

Voice of My Father

88 mins | Drama, Family | Nov. 1, 2012

Voice of My Father
A haunting sociopolitical drama blending fiction and documentary to elucidate the turbulent history of a Kurdish family. Mehmet (co-director Zeynel Dogan) lives with his pregnant wife in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey. His father was fatally injured while working in Saudi Arabia and all he has left is an audio tape letter. Now he is to become a father himself, he visits his mother to ask about more of these cassettes but she’s evasive, reluctant to upset Mehmet’s view of his father with the whole dark story.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Riva Filmproduktion, Arizona Films
Original title Babamın Sesi
Directors Zeynel Dogan, Orhan Eskikoy
Writers Orhan Eskikoy

Cast

Basê Doğan

as Basê

Gülizar Doğan

as Gülizar

Zeynel Dogan

as Mehmet