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Takva: A Man's Fear of God

Original title: Takva
  • 2006
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
14K
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Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2006)
Drama

A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.

  • Director
    • Özer Kiziltan
  • Writer
    • Önder Çakar
  • Stars
    • Erkan Can
    • Meray Ülgen
    • Güven Kiraç
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Özer Kiziltan
    • Writer
      • Önder Çakar
    • Stars
      • Erkan Can
      • Meray Ülgen
      • Güven Kiraç
    • 18User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Erkan Can
    Erkan Can
    • Muharrem
    Meray Ülgen
    • Seyh
    Güven Kiraç
    • Rauf
    Öznur Kula
    • Hacer
    Erman Saban
    • Muhittin
    Settar Tanriögen
    Settar Tanriögen
    • Ali
    Engin Günaydin
    Engin Günaydin
    • Erol
    Murat Cemcir
    Murat Cemcir
    • Mahmut
    Müfit Aytekin
    Müfit Aytekin
    • Ünal
    Feridun Koç
    • Muzaffer
    Hakan Gürsoytrak
    • Meczup
    Salaetin Bilal
    • Sükrü
    • Director
      • Özer Kiziltan
    • Writer
      • Önder Çakar
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    User reviews18

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    8deniskev

    cinema with guts, heart & soul

    Saw Takva last night at The Sydney Film Festival 2007, utterly compelling, driven by Erkan Can's fine performance as Muharrem, a devout Muslim in contemporary Istanbul. Previous posts outline more.

    I was fascinated by the way Takva engages with contemporary Turkey, a notionally democratic and secular society since the 1920s. Yes, Muharrem has an existential crisis, also familiar to audiences of Shrek 3 in another way ... dare I mention it, by profane comparison.

    I suspect Takva has a satirical streak, once you imagine the dervishs's lodge could be the current government of Turkey.

    Am I right? Responses from Turkish members most welcome.
    9ejderkelebek

    God, Relations and perfect role Play

    The film is about a devoted man to God and his rise in a Way of Islamic society. The film focuses on an ordinary man's Islamic life to his interference with money affairs and the results of it. The psychological state of the man is analyzed from sociological way as well.

    The film is great from two main aspects. The first aspect is Erkan Can's wonderful role play. Enormous acting performance. Just unbelievable. The other great side is, the film is shot at real historical places of Istanbul.

    The only weakness of the film is the end part of it. The enormous entrance the psychological and sociological perfectness in the beginning was not given in as good as beginning.

    Moreover as a philosopher I would like to comment that this film gives a side of Islamica philosophy both its sociology.
    6ulnoyman

    Good ethical-drama-cum-quasi-documentary

    Takva attempts to achieve two things; It is a philosophical drama, and also a quasi-documentary. Putting the main character in a low-profile religious order, and in a ethical conundrum, the movie makers hit two birds with one reel.

    Religious orders and their role in the growing politicization of Islam in Turkey is a sensitive subject. The movie refrains from saying much politically, or the characters do not have lines that can be interpreted in such a manner. However, 'Takva the documentary' speaks volumes.

    Takva has good actors such as Erkan Can (the lead), a straightforward but engaging story, and a lot to learn from.
    10ekinaytac

    to avoid of sin because of the fear of god

    It's a good movie to get know a profile of the religious Muslims, to get know "sects" and the amazing, fascinating worship of them. To find answers to the questions like; "how does a sect process and what's happening inside of a sect?". But it doesn't give a political message, a movie that "sit on the fence". But I congratulate the director for at least his bravery to submit these kind of sources and to try to answer some questions or to ask some questions. The main actor Erkan Can has a great performance.

    Besides the musics that are made by Replicas, (Gokce Akcelik) are great. Enjoy...
    9fatihcantekin

    fear that becomes a disaster

    the movie and it's consistency with,the reality of such kind of religion originated community, is marvelous since you feel familiar most of the stages with the man you recognize which is rigidly religious.It is rare and very difficult to create such kind of complicated film especially for a director which had directed only moderate TV series in Turkey.He surpassed the expectation thanks to his talent and observation.Besides director, the casting and performance of the actors is impressive since they really overcame the difficulty of the performing the characters who are rare in community and which differs from society by small details.The way pilot flows is satisfactory but on the other hand,the simplicity of some parts of the movie, especially in final minutes,does not meet the expectation of the audience which expects the ultimate end.The issue director criticize is imagined untouchable for the conservative parts of society.according to me we should congratulate the courageous and objective view of director.it is a good film for whom are open minded and opposing.

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      Turkey's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 2006 (Turkey)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • Turkey
    • Official site
      • Official site (Turkey)
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Благочестие
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • Corazón International
      • Dorje Film
      • Yeni Sinemacilar
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,040,826
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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