- Actors: Muzaffer Ozdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak
- Directors: Bilge Nuri Ceylan
- Format: PAL
- Language Turkish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Artificial Eye
- DVD Release Date: 27 Sep 2004
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002LUAFC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,487 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Turkish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Yusef (Mehmet Emin Toprak) leaves his small town and travels across barren snowy lands and roads to the port city of Istanbul to seek employment and stay with his cousin Mahmut (Muzaffer Ozdemir). Yusef spends many snowy days seeking work on a shipping line to discover that a hiring freeze is activated, but is bolstered by a sense of hope in the city which is a contrast to what he has known. Mahmut is a successful commercial photographer and his ordered life is disrupted by the presence of his cousin and this exacerbates his concern with his ex-wife Nazan (Zuhal Gencer Erkaya) who has remarried and is leaving to live in Canada with her new husband. When Mahmut leaves town on a photo shoot he hires Yusef to accompany him as an assistant which puts some money into Yusefs hands. Mahmut receives word that his mother is sick and he leaves again to tend to her leaving Yusef alone in the house, and returns to find that his cousin has not kept the house clean and neat which cause the two to argue. Yusef walks the streets sometimes following an attractive girl (Ebru Ceylan) he has seen but cannot find the opportunity to speak with her. Mahmut follows his ex-wife, Nazan, to the airport and watches as she and her new husband leave the country. Yusef and Mahmut each live in isolated world and makes decisions that bring about the subtlest of changes in their lives, changes that have great consequences. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, European Film Awards, ...Distant ( Uzak ) ( Distante )
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Uzak" (Distant) is a fascinating exploration of the character of a divorced, middle-aged Istanbul photographer, Mahmut, and his relationship with his unemployed cousin, Yusuf, who comes to stay with him in his apartment overlooking the Bosphorus. Both of the cousins are in their own way distant, or disconnected, from the rest of society, full of apprehension about the future and of regret about the past. "Uzak" is clearly influenced by the films of Andrei Tarkovsky; it is very slow paced and haunting with nearly every image beautifully constructed and every sound perfectly sculpted. Like Tarkovsky's films, "Uzak" will not be to everyone's taste and I suspect many people would find this film merely to be a slow-moving ,dull story about two unwanted bored men lazing around a flat feeling sorry for themselves. However I found it to be a visually sumptuous insight into the human condition and modern life, tackling personal issues like divorce, belonging and loneliness and social issues like urbanisation, globalisation and deindustrialisation with great subtletly and deftness of touch. "Uzak" is a memorable film ;an excellent contribution by Turkey to World Cinema.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is one of the best I have ever seen - visually stunning, I wanted to look at every cm of every scene. The story is a study of the imperfections of human relationships, the complex reasons behind seeming selfishness. Totally absorbing, I have watched it several times now, find different levels in it each time.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Very little seems to be happening in this film and there is very little dialogue, so at times it is difficult to know what is going on. The viewer has to work out a lot for her or himself. However, the acting is so brilliant and the camera work so riveting, that these factors do not matter. I found myself getting completely involved in the situation. The final scene when the camera focussed on Mahmut's face for, it seemed, several minutes,was very powerful.
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