Two-Headed Giant (İki Başlı Dev) (translated)

Orhan Oğuz directed İki Başlı Dev ("Two-Headed Giant"), a Turkish drama from 1990. Shot in colour on 35 mm, it won the Best Director award at the 10th International Istanbul Film Festival. It is also known as the first film in which Cüneyt Arkın acted with his own voice. Centred on family, it turns to a tension between father and son.

The story starts with a father whose life is framed by strict rules and principles. Wanting to raise his son in his own image, he keeps him behind a wall of pressure against the outside world. A young girl suddenly enters this order and turns the lives of father and son upside down. She draws the young man out of his father's oppressive world and introduces him to freedom and love. Cüneyt Arkın plays Cengiz Özkan, Fikret Kuşkan Hakan Özkan, Sedef Ecer Aslı and Meral Çetinkaya Hafize. Sedef Bediz, Fuat İşhan, Hikmet Kemerdere, Arzu Şen and Burak Ayral are also in the cast.

The screenplay is by Nuray Oğuz and the producer was Eriş Akman; Orhan Oğuz also shot the film. The music is by Paul Buckmaster and Dağhan Baydur, and the production company was Eks Film.