2002 1h 46m Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Distant

Name: Distant
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2002
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal

★ 7.5 IMDb

Drama Comedy

A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of 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.

Writers Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Cemil Kavukçu

Cast Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal

DP Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Essays and Criticism

On this film

A Tarkovskian Praise to Vacuity by Ikbal Zalila, FIPRESCI Distant by Nick Pinkerton, Reverse Shot Jonathan Rosenbaum by Jonathan Rosenbaum

On Nuri Bilge Ceylan

No Man’s Land: On Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Inner Landscapes” by Forrest Cardamenis, MUBI Notebook

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