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Nobody's Home

Original title: Köksüz
  • 20132013
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
932
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Nobody's Home (2013)
The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
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The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
932
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
  • Writer
    • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
  • Stars
    • Ahu Türkpençe
    • Lale Basar
    • Savas Alp Basar
  • Director
    • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
  • Writer
    • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
  • Stars
    • Ahu Türkpençe
    • Lale Basar
    • Savas Alp Basar
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1User review
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 11 nominations

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    Lale Basar and Melis Ebeler in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Mihriban Er and Savas Alp Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Mihriban Er and Savas Alp Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Ahu Türkpençe and Savas Alp Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Mihriban Er in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Ahu Türkpençe and Lale Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Lale Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Mihriban Er in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Melis Ebeler in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Melis Ebeler and Savas Alp Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Mihriban Er and Savas Alp Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)
    Lale Basar in Nobody's Home (2013)

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    Ahu Türkpençe
    Ahu Türkpençe
    • Feride
    Lale Basar
    • Nurcan
    Savas Alp Basar
    • Ilker
    Melis Ebeler
    • Özge
    Mihriban Er
    • Gülten
    Sekvan Serinkaya
    • Gülaga
    Mert Bostanci
    • Halil
    Hatice Lütfiye Dinçer
    • Grandmother…
    Murat Emir Eren
    • Repairman…
    Ufuk Hakan Eren
    • Doctor
    Ibrahim Erkan
    • Hamdi
    Umay Karabece
    • Feride's Boss
    Hakan Onat
    • Hakan
    Muhittin Simsek
    • Bodyguard
    • Director
      • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
    • Writer
      • Deniz Akcay Katiksiz
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    7/10
    Unsentimental Portrait of A Single Mother and Her Family
    Set in the rain-washed streets of an Izmir winter, KOKSUZ (NOBODY'S HOME) focuses on the life of single mother Nurcan (Lale Basar) faced with the responsibility of looking after three children - thirty- two-year-old Feride (Ahu Turkpence), seventeen-year-old Ilker (Savas Alp Basar), and the youngest daughter Ozge (Melis Ebeler). She finds the job almost impossible: Ilker keeps quitting the house and staying at a friend's; Feride yearns to escape; while Ozge tries her best to remain loyal. The only way Nurcan can cope is to clean her apartment every day; her obsession becomes almost all-consuming as she claims to have always too much to do.

    Deniz Akcay's film offers a relentlessly unsentimental take on her material. There is no real possibility of resolution: Nurcan will always remain imprisoned by her circumstances, while the offspring have to try to cope as best they can. Feride looks for a way out through betrothal to Gulaga (Sevkan Serinkaya), but Nurcan thoroughly disapproves. Ilker tries to act tough by smoking pot and making love to his best friend's mother; but in truth he is looking for some kind of a role-model. The sequence where he breaks down and cries on his grandmother's (Mihriban Er's) knee is particularly affecting.

    The film is deliberately shot in washed-out colors, reflecting the grayness of the characters' existence. Traditionally speaking, Izmir is known as a sun-drenched city, the gateway to Aegean holiday resorts such as Kusadasi and Foca. Akcay sets the action during midwinter, when the streets are drenched with rain, the skies gray, the buildings towering threateningly over the characters. The city is an oppressive presence, especially for Nurcan as she ventures tentatively outside and takes the ferry across the bay.

    KOLSUZ is a modest feature, shot on a low budget, but Akcay has a good grasp of characterization and dramatic conflict in sequences shot through the shot/reverse shot strategy. Definitely worth a watch.
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    • Oct 7, 2014

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    • Release date
      • March 14, 2014 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Official site
      • Official site (Turkey)
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • 노바디스 홈
    • Filming locations
      • Izmir, Turkey
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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