Distant (2002)
Uzak
A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.
- Date of release
- 2002-12-20
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (271)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Casting
- Muzaffer Özdemir — Mahmut
- Mehmet Emin Toprak — Yusuf
- Zuhal Gencer — Nazan (as Zuhal Gencer Erkaya)
- Nazan Kesal — Lover (as Nazan Kırılmış)
- Feridun Koç — Janitor
- Fatma Ceylan — Mother
- Ebru Ceylan — Woman (as Ebru Yapıcı)
- Bahattin Serter
- Nazlı Aydın
- Engin Hepsev
- Ercan Kesal
- Aslı Orhun
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