The Father

Cemal is a man struggling with poverty. He lives with his mother, his wife and his children. What they call home is the garden of an old waterside house. He gets by on small jobs with his motorboat. For a long time he has been planning to go to Germany as a worker. But the medical examination finds teeth missing. His plan for Germany falls through because of it. He cannot even cover his family’s basic needs. Then the owner of the house brings him an offer. The owner’s son has killed a man while drunk. If Cemal takes the blame, his family will be looked after. He sees little difference between ten years in prison and ten years abroad. Yılmaz Güney and Müşerref Tezcan take the leads in the film Güney directed in 1971, which runs ninety six minutes.