Distant
(Uzak)
Screening on Film
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
With Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer.
Turkey, 2003, 35mm, color, 110 min.
Turkish with English subtitles.
Print source: New Yorker Films
With Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer.
Turkey, 2003, 35mm, color, 110 min.
Turkish with English subtitles.
Print source: New Yorker Films
Mahmut is a commercial photographer who has been struggling to come to terms with the growing gap between his artistic ideals and his professional obligations. As he clings to the melancholic and obsessive routines of his solitary life, Mahmut’s distant relative arrives in Istanbul. As the two men struggle to make a connection, the film’s elegant cinematography and deeply pensive tone confirm “the emerging talent of Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan" (Variety).
