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Distant

Uzak

Turkey

2002

110 Min
Color
1.85:1
Turkish
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DIR Nuri Bilge Ceylan

PROD Nuri Bilge Ceylan

SCR Nuri Bilge Ceylan

DP Nuri Bilge Ceylan

CAST Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kirilmis, Feridun Koç, Fatma Ceylan

ED Ayhan Ergürsel, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

PROD DES Ebru Ceylan

SOUND Ismail Karadaş

Cannes (In Competition): Grand Prix, Best Actor, New York, Telluride, San Sebastián: FIPRESCI Film of the Year, Toronto (City to City), Karlovy Vary (Ten Best Turkish Films), Melbourne (International Panorama)

Synopsis

A photographer who is haunted by the feeling that the gap between his ideals and his real life is growing finds himself obliged to put up in his apartment a young relative who has left behind his village looking for a job aboard a ship in Istanbul to go abroad. –Cannes Film Festival

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 26 January 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish photographer and film director. He is married to the filmmaker, photographer, and actress Ebru Ceylan, his co-star in İklimler.

Ceylan learned photography at age 15, and developed an interest in film at 22. After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years at Mimar Sinan University.

Ceylan’s first short film Koza (Cocoon) was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He received many awards with his debut feature Kasaba (Small Town). His third feature Uzak (Distant) received many awards including the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize at Cannes, and was praised internationally. His 2006 film Iklimler (Climates) won the FIPRESCI Movie Critics’ Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and received international praise by critics and experts. The film won 5 awards at the 2006 Antalya Golden Orange… read more

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Sezen Sinanoğulları

23May12

best film of N.B.Ceylan

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Madagascar

30Jan12

Ultra-realism as its finest. The pro: I get to see a piece of Turkey The con: I could have seen about 3/4th's of the movie by looking into a mirror and bringing up my own existential crises. Ever watch a movie that hits too close to home (resonates to well with you) to be comfortable. Yeah.

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Joe

30Jan12

Yusuf cracked me up. I can't remember how many times I've been sititng in someone else's guest room staring at the light fixture. haha great movie

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Francisco R.

14Jan12

An inmense achievement for Ceylan's approach, the movie is both beautiful to look at and endlessly relatable for just about anyone watching, and the fact that he accomplishes that without staying away from his deeply personal circle to tell stories is remarkable.

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A beautiful suprise

By Ozlem Mavis on May 9, 2011

A lot has been said about this film; that it is an imitation of foreign art films, that it is boring and emotionless. However, it was simply a beautiful suprise for me. After seeing this, I thought…  read review

Aride incommunicabilité

By hubertg​uillaud on April 21, 2010

Aride incommunicabilité – 03/05/2009

Certes, Uzak est un étrange objet cinématographique. Uzak est un film sur l’incommunicabilité, la solitude, et le mal être de deux hommes en rupture et que…  read review

UZAK (DISTANT)

By rajiv ibrahim on February 15, 2010

Uzak is a great turkish movie that tells us about “the meaninglessness of life” in a very meaningful way. The story is about two very strong characters, a man and his cousin. the man, mahmut, is a…  read review

Distance well shown: the sparse moments of pure emotion assist.

By kelvanE on January 5, 2010

The film feels sad while never wallowing, needlessly, in its own despair. The characters are propelled beyond their individual sadnesses into the banal, day-to-day activities common to everyday living…  read review

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Uzak-Region censored or taken from a PAL source?

8 posts by 4 people 5 months ago