Distant

Distant

2002-12-20 • 1h 46m •
Drama
7.1
User Score
246 votes

Overview

A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams 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.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

tr

Budget

$N/A

Revenue

$767,337

Runtime

1h 46m

Release Date

2002-12-20

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Reviews

griggs79

griggs79

2025-03-28T03:54:28.418Z

_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.