My Father My Son

During the 1950s to the early 70s Turkey was a thriving film industry that created up to 250 films a year. This period, called Yeliscam, was the third largest industry at the time. During this period, producers and audiences each wanted films that created a profit and gave immense entertainment. Since the Yesilcam industry was shaped by the use of genres and star powers it gained commercial success with its audiences and formulas of storytelling. It also replicated or recreated films from Hollywood and surrounding European countries. One of the most popular and powerful genres of Yesilcam was the melodrama. The family and women being the main audience of Yesilcam, mot films were about the split between families and the conflicts between heterosexual couples. My Father My Son a film directed by Cagan Irmak is one of the most successful films in Turkish box-office history. It is considered a modern film within the genre of the melodrama. The film follows the life......

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Title: Babam Ve Oglum
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