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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   3,450 votes
Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writer:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (writer)
Release Date:
20 December 2002 (Turkey) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Mahmut, a 40 year old independent photographer, is a "village boy made good" at least professionally in the big city - Istanbul in this case... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
18 wins & 3 nominations more
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(2 articles)
'Elephant' Cry at Cannes (From Studio Briefing. 26 May 2003)
Cannes Contestants (From Studio Briefing. 23 April 2003)
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One Important Thing about the film more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Distant (International: English title)
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
Turkey
Language:
Turkish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Hungary:14 | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T
Filming Locations:
Istanbul, Turkey
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Company:
NBC Ajans more

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In an interview, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan says that he actually didn't have any idea of shooting Yusuf's outdoor scenes in a snowy Istanbul. However, Ceylan woke up one day and saw that the city was covered in snow, so he decided to shoot those scenes that day. more
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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
One Important Thing about the film, 23 November 2005
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Author: cenksaracoglu from Canada

The previous viewers comprehensively touched on the strengths of the film; its sincerity, sophisticated and thought provoking character and aesthetic accomplishments. I think one more important feature of the film should be highlighted. Unlike some fashionable non-Western movies, this movie successfully avoids from falling in the trap of satisfying the visual pleasures of the Orientalist minds. This movie contains not Turkish baths, delights or belly dancers but the alienated human relationships in Istanbul, which is depicted as it is without carrying the intention of showing the beautiful sites of Istanbul to external viewers. I think this is the most important thing that frustrated the expectations of many people who watched the movie including Turkish people. The Turkish people wants to see the films that would draw a touristy attention; while the European or American viewers expect to see exoticized features of an Oriental country. On the other hand, Istanbul is still beautiful in this movie; but this beauty is not put in a form of commodity to be sold out outside Turkey. That is why it is hard to digest the movie for many people. Uzak is very "distant" to those people who expect a non-stop action or an orientalist taste from cinema.

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