Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (2003)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2004)
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Box office
Grossed $767K worldwide
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Filming locations
Filmed in Turkey and Istanbul
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Setting
Set in Istanbul
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Series
Part of Nuri Bilge Ceylan trilogy
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Music
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Nuri Bilge CeylanWriter
- Original title
- Uzak
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 20, 2002
- Original language
- Turkish
- Revenue
- $767.3K
- Countries
- Turkey
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In the United States
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Cast
Muzaffer ÖzdemirMahmut
Mehmet Emin ToprakYusuf
Zuhal GencerNazan (as Zuhal Gencer Erkaya)
Nazan KesalLover (as Nazan Kırılmış)
Feridun KoçJanitor
Fatma CeylanMother
Ebru CeylanWoman (as Ebru Yapıcı)- Bahattin Serter
- Nazlı Aydın
- Engin Hepsev
Ercan Kesal- Aslı Orhun
- Ahmet Bugay
Arif Aşçı- Cemal Gülas
- Ahmet Özyurt
- Erhan Ersoy
- Hakan Kuldan
Ayhan Ergürsel
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