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Distant
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Distant

  • Drama
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RELEASE

2002-12-20

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

109 min

Description

After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.

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griggs79

@griggs79

Uzak struck me as a quiet, contemplative look at loneliness—not just being alone, but that more profound kind of isolation you can feel even when someone’s right there. I admired Ceylan’s direction: those long, still shots, the wintry mood, the way silence does most of the talking. Muzaffer Özdemir felt totally believable as Mahmut—stuck in his routines, emotionally bottled up—while Mehmet Emin Toprak brought this quiet sadness to his role that stayed with me. I appreciated the craft and atmosphere but never entirely connected with it emotionally. Beautifully made, just a little too distant for me.