---
title: 'Uzak (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nuri Bilge Ceylan'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Turkey'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/uzak-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346094/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Uzak (2002)

2002 · 109 min · Drama · Turkey

Part of: Nuri Bilge Ceylan trilogy

## Synopsis

Uzak is a 2002 Turkish drama film written, produced, co-edit, shot and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Starring Muzaffer Özdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak, it follows Yusuf, an illiterate unemployed young man, who travels to Istanbul to stay with his brother, Mahmut.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Screenplay:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan), [Cemil Kavukçu](https://cinepixo.com/people/cemil-kavukcu)
- **Producer:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Editor:** [Ayhan Ergürsel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayhan-ergursel), [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart)

## Cast

- [Zühal Gencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/zuhal-gencer)
- [Arif Aşçı](https://cinepixo.com/people/arif-asc)
- [Nazan Kesal](https://cinepixo.com/people/nazan-kesal)
- [Mehmet Emin Toprak](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehmet-emin-toprak)
- [Ebru Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ebru-ceylan)
- [Muzaffer Özdemir](https://cinepixo.com/people/muzaffer-ozdemir)
- [Ercan Kesal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ercan-kesal)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/uzak-2002
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