20:45 Uzak (Distant), dir. nuri bilge ceylan, >>turkey 2004
the cast: muzaffer Özdemir, mehmet emin toprak,
zuhal gencer, nazan kirilmis, feridun koc, fatma ceylan, ebru ceylan

.istanbul under the snow... the melancholy of the ferry boats and huge oil tankers
slipping away silently on the silver waters of bosporus, sometimes far in the distance,
sometimes so close to the apartments lining up the shoreline that you
can almost reach out and touch them... istanbul's back streets,
bent under the winter skies with their own tight-lipped burden...

nuri bilge' ceylans small-budget story is the summary of the trials and tribulations
of a whole generation that grew up in anatolia during the 60s and 70s
and migrated to big cities like istanbul,
ankara, mersin, adana and izmir during
the 80s and 90s...

19.03.2007, 8:45pm
1-3 frederick terrace
london, e8 4ew