Distant (Uzak) (2002)

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Directed by

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Starring

Muzaffer Özdemir
Mahmut

Emin Toprak
Yusuf

Nazan Kesal
Lover

Ebru Ceylan
(as Ebru Yapici)

Ercan Kesal

Written by

Nuri Bilge Ceylan
scenario

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Description: Mahmut, a 40 year old independent photographer, is a "village boy made good" at least professionally in the big city - Istanbul in this case. After his wife leaves him, he falls into an existential crisis. Then comes his cousin Yusuf, who left his native village after a local factory closed down, effectively unemploying over half the local men. He looks to Istanbul for salvation: a job on board a ship sailing abroad, at once exciting and crucial to supporting his family in the desperately poor village. The distance between the two men is apparent at once, and becomes increasingly pronounced. Whereas Mahmut is adusted t ... (more)

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