Directed by:
Özer KızıltanScreenplay:
Önder ÇakarCinematography:
Soykut TuranComposer:
Gökçe AkçelikCast:
Erkan Can, Settar Tanrıöğen, Feridun Koç, Fatima Adoum, Meray Ülgen, Salaetin Bilal, Duygu Şen, Müfit Aytekin, Öznur Kula, Erdoğan Kapısız (more)Plots(1)
For over 30 years, Muharrem has led a quiet life as an employee in the same traditional part of Istanbul where he was born. A modest, introverted and lonely man of humble circumstances, he is a strict observer of the Islamic precepts: he prays a great deal and practices sexual abstinence. Muharrem's religious devotion brings him to the attention of the leaders of a rich and powerful religious group. His reputation for being trustworthy and duteous prompts them to offer him job as a rent collector for their numerous properties.
Muharrem receives a new set of clothes; he is given a mobile phone and computer. All at once he finds himself in a world that he had previously succeeded in evading. Before long he begins to encounter such things as hypocrisy and alcoholic excess; to his own consternation he discovers his own penchant for tyranny and pride and even becomes an unwitting accom plice in a con trick. His inner peace is over. Day and night he is tortured by the image of a seductive woman who haunts his dreams.
Until now, Muharrem was able to differentiate between worldly and spiritual values. But now the balance and order of his devout existence is in ruins and his fear of God's punishment is tearing him apart.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Erkan Can
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Settar Tanrıöğen
Turkey
Best movies:
When We Leave (2010)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
The Bandit (1996)
Feridun Koç
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
Climates (2006)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Fatima Adoum
Best movies:
Captain Abu Raed (2007)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Meray Ülgen
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)
Salaetin Bilal
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Gypsy Magic (1997)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Three Days in September (2015)
Duygu Şen
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Müfit Aytekin
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
My Daughter (2018) (series)
The Magician (2006)
Öznur Kula
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Erdoğan Kapısız
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
M. Erdal Parmaksızoğlu
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
A Woman (2017) (series)
Elif Tayhan
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Engin Günaydın
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
G.O.R.A. (2004)
Stuck Apart (2021)
Erman Saban
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
The Magnificent Century (2011) (series)
Aylin Çalap
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Ararat Mor
Turkey
Best movies:
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Frenzy (2015)
Aşk Yeniden (2015) (series)