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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (writer)
Release Date:
20 December 2002 (Turkey) more
Plot:
Mahmut, a 40 year old independent photographer, is a "village boy made good" at least professionally in the big city - Istanbul in this case... more | full synopsis
Awards:
18 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Three Monkeys (Turkey's Submission for Oscar)
(From FilmExperience. 15 January 2009, 11:40 AM, PST)
'Elephant' Cry at Cannes
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 May 2003)
User Comments:
L'etranger from Camus more (47 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Muzaffer Özdemir | ... | Mahmut |
| Emin Toprak | ... | Yusuf |
| Zuhal Gencer | ... | Nazan (as Zuhal Gencer Erkaya) |
| Nazan Kirilmis | ... | Lover |
| Feridun Koc | ... | Janitor |
| Fatma Ceylan | ... | Mother |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Arif Asçi | ||
| Nazli Aydin | ||
| Ahmet Bugay | ||
| Ebru Ceylan | (as Ebru Yapici) | |
| Ayhan Ergürsel | ||
| Erhan Ersoy | ||
| Cemal Gülas | ||
| Engin Hepsev | ||
| Ercan Kesal | ||
| Hakan Kuldan | ||
| Asli Orhun | ||
| Ahmet Özyurt | ||
| Bahaltin Surler | ||
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Also Known As:
Distant (International: English title)
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Runtime:
110 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Hungary:14 | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T
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At the Cannes Film Festival 2003, the best actor award was given to both of the leading actors in the film, 'Mehmet Emin Toprak' (Yusuf) and 'Muzaffer Ozdemir' (Mahmut). Toprak was unable to receive his award because he had died in a car accident not long after he learned that he was nominated. more
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For those who are like me and are used to watch and enjoy high budget Hollywood films, on huge screens with a surround audio, this film seems to be so distant. However it surprised me how close can it be to any human while I watch it. It is so natural that you feel like nobody wrote a scenario or nobody directed it. You are the director and you are writing the scenario while you watch it. For me, the time I spend on watching a film is the only time which I go to another world. This film is the first sample for me which shows that it is not always a must to watch millions of dollars of budgeted films, surround audio capabilities to go to another world. This films sends you to another world (or maybe makes you return back to yourself) without millions of dollars of budget, or technical capabilities. I felt like that I'm reading L'etranger from Camus.