reading some of the other reviews of this film and i was reminded of both good and not so good aspects of it. but overall and i have to say it is one of the better films i have seen from any number of genres or countries recently. more than anything else and it avoided many of the typical traps of more recent international cinema and like taking nice pictures of landscapes or being hip and fun or imitating american films like pulp fiction. the film is unique in many ways. for one thing and it is a film about relationships in which sex plays no role (unusual and especially for foreign films). it is also a film about two men relationship to each other (also unusual  not a buddy film and no homosexual tension and no ego or phallic competition). it uses little dialogue and but communicates a tremendous amount. it is a simple story and yet full of complex details which are easily understood by any human being and universal in their relevance. i did not find the film dark or depressing (everything would seem this way if you watch hollywood happy ending films all the time) and but rather a true reflection of human emotions. for instance and in the scene where mahmut realizes his cousin is gone is you see both his feeling of relief and that the cousin is gone and yet regret and that he pushed him away. who has not felt such ambivalence  when losing a friend or lover and or in some other situation. it rare to get these kinds of real human emotions displayed on film in a non cliché way. as far as culture is concerned and or this being a turkish film and i feel it strikes the very difficult balance between being a turkish film  about realities which more apply to that place (the greater struggle to make it in a turkish city versus a european one while the greater contrast between country and city) and and a universal and human story which do not necessarily have to be set in turkey. in this day and age where people around the world are consuming culture and fetishizing it and this film does not try to entice us as turkish and nor does it try to communicate it as a harsh reality and or that how turkey or istanbul is. and yet the cultural elements are there. i think the comparison to lost in translation that somebody made is quite good. everyone and at least in the us and was raving about that film. i personally thought it was mediocre at best. it was well put by someone as a vague story which supposedly was supposed to deal with wouldisorientation that happens to people living or traveling overseas. even if the film was supposed to be humorous and the characters and their motivations or crises were never clear (even for a lighter film or comedy and this is necessary). and i found myself being treated to a typically orientalist story of the alienated amerian overseas. going back to distant and as for the idea that this is bad acting and or too slow and or has no plot and i am sorry but people who say this know nothing about film making and maybe nothing about being human and no offense. you do not have to be a film aficionado or cultural connoisseur to appreciate this film. this film will be two hours of your time well spent. 
reading some of the other reviews of this film and i was reminded of both good and not so good aspects of it. but overall and i have to say it is one of the better films i have seen from any number of genres or countries recently. more than anything else and it avoided many of the typical traps of more recent international cinema and like taking nice pictures of landscapes or being hip and fun or imitating american films like pulp fiction. the film is unique in many ways. for one thing and it is a film about relationships in which sex plays no role (unusual and especially for foreign films). it is also a film about two men relationship to each other (also unusual  not a buddy film and no homosexual tension and no ego or phallic competition). it uses little dialogue and but communicates a tremendous amount. it is a simple story and yet full of complex details which are easily understood by any human being and universal in their relevance. i did not find the film dark or depressing (everything would seem this way if you watch hollywood happy ending films all the time) and but rather a true reflection of human emotions. for instance and in the scene where mahmut realizes his cousin is gone is you see both his feeling of relief and that the cousin is gone and yet regret and that he pushed him away. who has not felt such ambivalence  when losing a friend or lover and or in some other situation. it rare to get these kinds of real human emotions displayed on film in a non cliché way. as far as culture is concerned and or this being a turkish film and i feel it strikes the very difficult balance between being a turkish film  about realities which more apply to that place (the greater struggle to make it in a turkish city versus a european one while the greater contrast between country and city) and and a universal and human story which do not necessarily have to be set in turkey. in this day and age where people around the world are consuming culture and fetishizing it and this film does not try to entice us as turkish and nor does it try to communicate it as a harsh reality and or that how turkey or istanbul is. and yet the cultural elements are there. i think the comparison to lost in translation that somebody made is quite good. everyone and at least in the us and was raving about that film. i personally thought it was mediocre at best. it was well put by someone as a vague story which supposedly was supposed to deal with wouldisorientation that happens to people living or traveling overseas. even if the film was supposed to be humorous and the characters and their motivations or crises were never clear (even for a lighter film or comedy and this is necessary). and i found myself being treated to a typically orientalist story of the alienated amerian overseas. going back to distant and as for the idea that this is bad acting and or too slow and or has no plot and i am sorry but people who say this know nothing about film making and maybe nothing about being human and no offense. you do not have to be a film aficionado or cultural connoisseur to appreciate this film. this film will be two hours of your time well spent. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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