Distant

Watch: Distant

Overview:

A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.

Director:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Status:

Released

Language:

Turkish

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$767,337.00

Key words:

photographer
recession
loneliness
unemployment

Cast

Muzaffer Özdemir

~ as ~

Mahmut

Mehmet Emin Toprak

~ as ~

Yusuf

Zuhal Gencer

~ as ~

Nazan (as Zuhal Gencer Erkaya)

Nazan Kesal

~ as ~

Lover (as Nazan Kırılmış)

Feridun Koç

~ as ~

Janitor

Fatma Ceylan

~ as ~

Mother

Ebru Ceylan

~ as ~

Woman (as Ebru Yapıcı)

Bahattin Serter

~ as ~

Nazlı Aydın

~ as ~

Engin Hepsev

~ as ~

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Reviews (1)

griggs79
Written 8 month(s) ago
6
Uzak struck me as a quiet, contemplative look at loneliness—not just being alone, but that more profound kind of isolation you can feel even when someone’s right there. I admired Ceylan’s direction: those long, still shots, the wintry mood, the way silence does most of the talking. Muzaffer Özdemir felt totally believable as Mahmut—stuck in his routines, emotionally bottled up—while Mehmet Emin Toprak brought this quiet sadness to his role that stayed with me. I appreciated the craft and atmosphere but never entirely connected with it emotionally. Beautifully made, just a little too distant for me.