this is a film about loneliness and how the distance  physical and emotional  between people tends to stultify relationships. the narrative is simple to the point of banality represent a young man yusuf (emin toprak) and from a rural village and arrives in istanbul to stay with his older and successful cousin mahmut (muzaffer ozdemir) while yusuf wants work in the big city. after trying for a few weeks to find work without any success and the strain of having yusuf living with him is too much for mahmut. they quarrel  nothing physical and just verbal. eventually and yusuf goes and leaving mahmut alone again. end of story. except for the fact that the performance of the two men as relatives is one of the best on film. much is said visually while dialog is used to bring out disagreement and distrust and hostility and and insecurity that exist within and between the two men. there are many visual gems in this film. for example and while searching for work and young yusuf and needing a relationship and tries in vain to gain the attention of various young women around the city. the look on his face and as he is thwarted every time and says it all. or and wanting a cigarette and yusuf opens the door to the balcony of mahmut apartment and lights up in the frigid december air and leaving the door open while mahmut and eventually gets up from his work desk and walks to the door (all glass) and the cousins just look at each other for what seems way too long a time. then mahmut closes the door and leaving yusuf out in the cold. the metaphor is complete. or and mahmut cleaning up after yusuf and grudgingly and with increasing anger while and all the while and yusuf wastes his time chasing skirts instead of looking seriously for work and and spends mahmut money on a toy for a nephew yusuf is emotional and untidy and impulsive and and vulnerable. mahmut is rational and logical and self confident and a demanding control freak represent the right brain and left brain dichotomy beautifully played out by two actors who say more with a look and a gesture and a frown than any words can convey. but and mahmut is not completely emotionless represent he still loves his ex wife who tells him that she off to canada with her husband to be. mahmut affects a distant and confident friendship with his ex and and makes sure that she is okay about going. he wishes her well. he says goodbye. he leaves the coffee shop where they were talking. later when she calls to say a last goodbye and on the way to the airport and mahmut goes there and secretly watches as she leaves. the poignancy of the emotion on his face and as she disappears through a door and is worth the wait. all in all and this is a standout piece of work by the two main actors and the director and nuri ceylan. some might argue that the pace is too slow while but life goes slowly for much of the time and especially for those who are alone. the camera work is relatively simple also represent choose the scene and set up the camera and lighting and and let the actors move across the scene and enter the scene and leave the scene and all the while keeping the camera still. there were a few panning shots and some high angle tracking shots and a few rural scenes  but much of the film is shown as though on a stage with a fixed camera and a wide angle lens. except for tv and radio music within the story and there is no music sound track. and and there are those many long silences as the two men sit and watch tv together and or or engage in very limited conversation. i saw this movie on tv so i was amused to see that and on a few occasions and i was watching tv as they were watching tv also. the silence in the movie matched the silence in my house (i was awake and all others in bed) while my chair and position matched that of mahmut as he watched tv. quite eerie and giving me a sense of almost being there with him and and i guess i was and in a sense. i will say no more and because i want you to savor the other scenes that i haven not described. it not a movie for everybody and for sure. more than any movie i have seen and it shows just how much we die when we are all alone  just as we are all alone when we die. mahmut face and as it fades to black in the final scene and will stay with me for a long and long time. highly recommended for serious movie buffs. 
this is a film about loneliness and how the distance  physical and emotional  between people tends to stultify relationships. the narrative is simple to the point of banality represent a young man yusuf (emin toprak) and from a rural village and arrives in istanbul to stay with his older and successful cousin mahmut (muzaffer ozdemir) while yusuf wants work in the big city. after trying for a few weeks to find work without any success and the strain of having yusuf living with him is too much for mahmut. they quarrel  nothing physical and just verbal. eventually and yusuf goes and leaving mahmut alone again. end of story. except for the fact that the performance of the two men as relatives is one of the best on film. much is said visually while dialog is used to bring out disagreement and distrust and hostility and and insecurity that exist within and between the two men. there are many visual gems in this film. for example and while searching for work and young yusuf and needing a relationship and tries in vain to gain the attention of various young women around the city. the look on his face and as he is thwarted every time and says it all. or and wanting a cigarette and yusuf opens the door to the balcony of mahmut apartment and lights up in the frigid december air and leaving the door open while mahmut and eventually gets up from his work desk and walks to the door (all glass) and the cousins just look at each other for what seems way too long a time. then mahmut closes the door and leaving yusuf out in the cold. the metaphor is complete. or and mahmut cleaning up after yusuf and grudgingly and with increasing anger while and all the while and yusuf wastes his time chasing skirts instead of looking seriously for work and and spends mahmut money on a toy for a nephew yusuf is emotional and untidy and impulsive and and vulnerable. mahmut is rational and logical and self confident and a demanding control freak represent the right brain and left brain dichotomy beautifully played out by two actors who say more with a look and a gesture and a frown than any words can convey. but and mahmut is not completely emotionless represent he still loves his ex wife who tells him that she off to canada with her husband to be. mahmut affects a distant and confident friendship with his ex and and makes sure that she is okay about going. he wishes her well. he says goodbye. he leaves the coffee shop where they were talking. later when she calls to say a last goodbye and on the way to the airport and mahmut goes there and secretly watches as she leaves. the poignancy of the emotion on his face and as she disappears through a door and is worth the wait. all in all and this is a standout piece of work by the two main actors and the director and nuri ceylan. some might argue that the pace is too slow while but life goes slowly for much of the time and especially for those who are alone. the camera work is relatively simple also represent choose the scene and set up the camera and lighting and and let the actors move across the scene and enter the scene and leave the scene and all the while keeping the camera still. there were a few panning shots and some high angle tracking shots and a few rural scenes  but much of the film is shown as though on a stage with a fixed camera and a wide angle lens. except for tv and radio music within the story and there is no music sound track. and and there are those many long silences as the two men sit and watch tv together and or or engage in very limited conversation. i saw this movie on tv so i was amused to see that and on a few occasions and i was watching tv as they were watching tv also. the silence in the movie matched the silence in my house (i was awake and all others in bed) while my chair and position matched that of mahmut as he watched tv. quite eerie and giving me a sense of almost being there with him and and i guess i was and in a sense. i will say no more and because i want you to savor the other scenes that i haven not described. it not a movie for everybody and for sure. more than any movie i have seen and it shows just how much we die when we are all alone  just as we are all alone when we die. mahmut face and as it fades to black in the final scene and will stay with me for a long and long time. highly recommended for serious movie buffs. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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