For Love and Honor
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Director Omer Vargi Country Turkey | 8/10 IMDb Duration Language Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 14, 2007 (2007-12-14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For Love and Honor (Turkish: Kabadayı) is a 2007 Turkish drama film, written by Yavuz Turgul and directed by Ömer Vargı, starring Şener Şen as a retired gangster who learns that he has a son in need of protection. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on December 14, 2007 (2007-12-14), was the highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007.
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Plot
Ali Osman is a retired Kabadayı (old school gangster) who learns that he has a son Murat. Murat works in a bar and his girlfriend Karaca also works there as a singer. Murat has a run-in with a Mob Boss named Devran who tries to shut down the place. From that moment on, Devran swears to avenge Murat and Karaca and it is up to Ali Osman to protect them.
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Reception
It was watched by 920,000 in the first 10 days of its release and by over 2 million people in Turkey at the end its theatrical run.
References
For Love and Honor WikipediaFor Love and Honor IMDb For Love and Honor themoviedb.org