a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title tur

a Classification number DVD 000100

a Personal name Ceylan, Nuri Bilge,

d Dates associated with a name 1959-

a Title Uzak

c Statement of responsibility, etc Nuri Bilge Ceylan

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Turkey

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2002

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc NBC Ajans

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 110 min

a General note Mahmut, a 40 year old independent photographer, is a ""village boy made good"" at least professionally in the big city - Istanbul in this case...

a Creation/production credits note Nuri Bilge Ceylan

a Summary, etc Mahmut, a 40 year old independent photographer, is a ""village boy made good"" at least professionally in the big city - Istanbul in this case. After his wife leaves him, he falls into an existential crisis. Then comes his cousin Yusuf, who left his native village after a local factory closed down, effectively unemploying over half the local men. He looks to Istanbul for salvation: a job on board a ship sailing abroad, at once exciting and crucial to supporting his family in the desperately poor village. The distance between the two men is apparent at once, and becomes increasingly pronounced. Whereas Mahmut is adusted to big city life and suffers from many of its neuroses, Yusuf is a lonely, excentric country worker with annoying nervous and hygienic habits, and a sick mother back home he must somehow support. This intimate drama was filmed in the director's apartment in Istanbul, using all his furniture, appliances, rooms, car and so on as the film's props. The actor playing Yusuf is actually the director's real-life cousin, and the actor playing Mahmut is an actual friend, a non-professional actor.

a Language note Language: Turkish

a Language note Subtitles: English, French, German, Dutch, Turkish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Türk Sineması

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Turkish Movie

a Personal name Kirilmis, Feridun Koc.

a Personal name Arif Asçi

a Personal name Emin Toprak

a Personal name ErkayaNazan

a Personal name Fatma Ceylan

a Personal name Zuhal Gencer

a Personal name Muzaffer Özdemir

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0346094/

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/Uzak (2002) - 0346094.jpg