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TURKEY · 2002

Distant

Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkish Cinema rural-urban migration family estrangement unemployment and economic struggle isolation in the city unfulfilled aspirations
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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.

Year2002
CountryTurkey
DirectorNuri Bilge Ceylan
MovementTurkish Cinema
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The first one that really impressed me was Where is the Friend’s House? by Abbas Kiarostami. The simplicity, the realism and the way he found drama in such simple, daily events… it was very inspiring.
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