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Distant / Big World Pictures present ; written, produced, and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Uzak (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Turkish
- Subjects (All):
- Cousins--Drama.
- Cousins.
- Families--Drama.
- Families.
- Loneliness--Drama.
- Loneliness.
- Life change events--Drama.
- Life change events.
- Depressed persons--Drama.
- Depressed persons.
- Men--Conduct of life--Drama.
- Men.
- City and town life--Turkey--Istanbul--Drama.
- City and town life.
- Istanbul (Turkey)--Drama.
- Istanbul (Turkey).
- Men--Conduct of life.
- Turkey--Istanbul.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Motion pictures, Turkish.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Big World Pictures, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Turkish dialogue with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD,NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Mahmut is a relatively successful commercial photographer who has been struggling to come to terms with the growing gap between his artistic ideals and his professional obligations. His tedious workload, coupled with the lingering loss he still feels for his ex-wife (newly married and on the verge of leaving Istanbul for Canada), leaves Mahmut clinging to the melancholic and obsessive routines of his solitary life. Without warning, Mahmut's distant relative Yusuf arrives in Istanbul determined to find a job aboard a ship so that he may fulfill his dream of traveling around the world. In need of a place to stay as he searches for work, Yusuf imposes himself on Mahmut, who resents the sudden intrusion, but nonetheless feels obliged to help his family. It doesn't take long for Yusuf to discover that the work he is looking for isn't available, but he manages to prolong his stay with Mahmut by formulating stories that would suggest otherwise. His hope waning, Yusuf resorts to spending his days drifting through the streets of Istanbul, slowly coming to the realization that without work he may soon need to return home. Mahmut tries to help by offering him a job as his assistant during a photography shoot, but the fix is temporary. As the two men struggle to make a connection, communication is slowly reduced to the bare minimum; and their time together must come to an end.
- Participant:
- Muzaffer Ozdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Nuri Bilge Ceylan; editors, Ayhan Ergurse, Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
- Wide screen.
- Special features: featurettes.
- OCLC:
- 1356744805
- Publisher Number:
- 717119120009
- BWP-04D Big World Pictures
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