Rent Uzak (2002)
3.4 of 5 from 160 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's critically acclaimed film tells the story of middle-aged photographer Mahmut, who is obliged to put up in his Istanbul apartment his unemployed young cousin Yusuf, who has left his home village in search of work. Haunted by the feeling that the gap between his life and his ideals is growing. Mahmut grows increasingly irritated by his provincial young relative's encroachment into his closed and colourless world. With great wit and subtlety, 'Uzak' explores the isolation of city life and features outstanding performances from Muzaffer Ozdemir as Mahmut and Mehmet Emin Toprak as Yusuf. Tragically, Toprak was killed in a car accident shortly after completion of filming; he posthumously won, jointly with Ozdemir, the Best Actor prize at Cannes in 2003. - Actors:
- Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal, Feridun Koc, Fatma Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Bahaltin Surler, Nazli Aydin, Engin Hepsev, Ercan Kesal, Asli Orhun, Ahmet Bugay, Arif Asçi, Cemal Gülas, Ahmet Özyurt, Erhan Ersoy, Hakan Kuldan, Ayhan Ergürsel
- Directors:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Producers:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Writers:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Others:
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Aka:
- Distant
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Acting Up: Top 10 Performances At Cannes, Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Top Films
- Countries:
- Turkey
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/04/2023
- Run Time:
- 110 minutes
- Languages:
- Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- A Making Of Documentary
- An Interview with Nuri Ceylan
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Reviews (3) of Uzak
A study of nothing in particular - Uzak review by CP Customer
If you like minimalism, this is probabaly worth a watch, after all critics awarded it a clutch of awards at various film festivals.
I found it a tedious, rather dull insight into the lives of two turks shambling around a snowbound Istanbul. I could see where the awards came from as loneliness and boredom seeped from the screen. Taking the film as a study into the dreary minutiae of human existence, I think it hit the nail on the head.
Taking the film as a film i.e. thought provoking entertainment, it failed to entertain or provoke much thought, other than when it would end
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Slow, subtle and very plain. - Uzak review by JD
Of the Turkish films I've seen the common link is long, unusual and interesting scenes with no camera movement, crisp lighting and a mid-distant figure walking or smoking. The plot is based on very plain characters doing very plain things in ordinary ways. The interest is in subtle interactions requiring incredible acting for which Toprak and Ozdemir were justly rewarded. The tragedy and sadness is all the more for the ordinariness. Having said that it is a bit too slow in parts but if you're feeling chilled it is worth a watch, there is even a bit a humour in bits (e.g.the host gets stuck on his own mouse trap spying on his guest).
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Gloom with a view - Uzak review by CH
Much to admire in this gloomy and dark humoured film. The mounting irritations of relatives overstaying their welcome is a theme Ceylan explored in his film Winter Sleep and he does so here in Uzak…..the claustrophobia of a sudden and unwanted domestic intimacy, the petty disruptions of banal daily routines and constant mirror of encroaching loneliness and desperate, useless orbiting of the other.
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