A dying cop with two months left falls for a woman 40 years younger — what could go wrong?
Musa Rami, who has become a legend with his struggle against the mafia, is a police officer at homicide division. One day prior to celebrating his 63rd birthday, with a surprise party arranged by his family, he finds out that he has cancer and two months left before his death. In these two months, will he be able to fight against the mafia that has intensified its threats against his family and simultaneously reveal his deep love to Funda, who is a university student 40 years younger than him?
Acting
Haluk Bilginer carries mortality like a badge
Direction
Onur Ünlü's theatrical staging of Istanbul's underbelly
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like failed poetry — intentionally
Director
Onur Ünlü
Haluk Bilginer
Musa Rami
Özgü Namal
Funda
Ragıp Savaş
Komiser Yılmaz
Sermiyan Midyat
Nihat
Settar Tanrıöğen
Hayri
Kaan Çakır
Tayfun İzmitli
Emre Karayel
Bekir
Zafer Diper
Doktor Demir
Sinan Çalışkanoğlu
Haluk Rami
Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu
Derya Dünya
Emel Pala
Perihan Rami
Engin Benli
Volkan İzmitli
Murat Cemcir
Hüseyin
Gökçe Akyıldız
Ece
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haluk Bilginer won Best Actor at Antalya Golden Orange for this role, his fourth win — essentially the Turkish Oscars equivalent of Meryl Streep.
The film adapts the 'police chief with nothing to lose' trope through distinctly Turkish masculine codes of honor (namus), where dying for family reputation outweighs personal survival.
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