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View larger Distant Starring: Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya, Nazan Kirilmis, Feridun Koc, Fatma Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Ebru Yapici Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Screenplay by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Release Date: March 12th, 2004 Running Time: 110 minutes MPAA Rating: None. Studio: New Yorker Films  Box-Office Totals Domestic: $96,293 (30.5%) Foreign: $219,112 (69.5%) Total: $315,405 (Worldwide) Box-Office Charts   Subscribe to Movies Central by Email  Subscribe in any reader  Check out Feed Central

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A photographer who is haunted by the feeling that the gap between his ideals and his real life is growing finds himself obliged to put up in his apartment a young relative who has left behind his village looking for a job aboard a ship in Istanbul to go abroad. Mahmut is a relatively successful commercial photographer who has been struggling to come to terms with the growing gap between his artisitc ideals and his professional obligations. His tedious workload, coupled with the lingering loss he still feels for his ex-wife (newly married and on the verge of leaving Istanbul for Canada), leaves Mahmut clinging to the melancholic and obsessive routines of solitary life. Without warning, Mahmut's distant relative Yusuf arrives in Istanbul determined to find a job aboard a ship so that he may fulfill his dream of traveling around the world. In need of a place to stay as he searches for work, Yusuf imposes himself on Mahmut, who resents the sudden intrusion, but nonetheless feels obliged to help his family. It doesn't take long for Yusuf to discover that the the work he is looking for isn't available, but he manages to prolong his stay by formulating stories that would suggest otherwise. His hope waning, Yusuf resorts to spending his days drifting through the streets of Istanbul, slowly coming to the realization that without work he may soon need to return home. Read Full Production Notes

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