Distant

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.

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  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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  Feridun Koç

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  Muzaffer Özdemir
  Mahmut
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  Mehmet Emin Toprak
  Yusuf
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  Zuhal Gencer
  Nazan (as Zuhal Gencer Erkaya)
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  Nazan Kesal
  Lover (as Nazan Kırılmış)
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  Feridun Koç
  Janitor
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  Fatma Ceylan
  Mother
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  Ebru Ceylan
  Woman (as Ebru Yapıcı)
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  Bahattin Serter
• 
  Nazlı Aydın
• 
  Engin Hepsev
• 
  Ercan Kesal
• 
  Aslı Orhun
• 
  Ahmet Bugay
• 
  Arif Aşçı
• 
  Cemal Gülas
• 
  Ahmet Özyurt
• 
  Erhan Ersoy
• 
  Hakan Kuldan
• 
  Ayhan Ergürsel