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For Love and Honor (2007)

For Love and Honor poster
Original title
Kabadayı
Directed by
Ömer Vargı
Genre
drama film, action film, crime film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
16
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 117 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired gangster discovers he has an adult son who is in danger. He comes out of hiding to protect his son from the criminal underworld.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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