Distant
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Budget
$0
Box office
$767 337
Director
Actors
Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal, Feridun Koç, Fatma Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan
All actors and roles (7)
All actors and roles (7)
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Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Jaylan said in an interview that he hadn't planned to film Yusuf's travels through snowy Istanbul. However, when he saw how beautiful the city looked on a snowy day, he decided to shoot a few scenes.
- Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a great admirer of Andrei Tarkovsky, also makes his character a fan of the Russian director, and forces him to watch "Stalker" (1979) and "Mirror" (1974). Furthermore, he cast his own mother in the film, as Tarkovsky used to do.
- Mahmut lives in an apartment that belongs to the director, and drives his car as well.
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