SYNOPSIS
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones ' just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones. Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.
Awards
FIPRESCI Prize | Cannes IFF, France, 2006
Best Director, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actress, Best Sound, Best Laboratory | Antalya FF, Turkey, 2006
FIPRESCI Prize, Oslo Cinema Award | The South FF, Norway, 2006
Best Cinematography | The World FF, Thailand, 2006
Special Jury Prize | Bastia FF, Corsica, France, 2021
Best Director, Don Quijote Award | Black Night FF, Estonia, 2006
Best Film, People's Choice Award | Istanbul FF, Turkey, 2007
CAST & CREW
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Director
Producer(s)
Zeynep Özbatur
Script
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Director of Photography
Gökhan Tiryaki
Sound
Ismail Karadas
Edit
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ayhan Ergürsel.
Cast
Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kirilmis, Mehmet Eryilmaz.
Production company(ies)
Pyramide Films
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Born 1959, Istanbul. Director and photographer. After graduating from Electrics and Electronics Engineering Department of Bosphorus University, Istanbul, he studied Film Making for two years at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul. In Cannes-2003 his Uzak (Distant) won the Grand Prize of the Jury and The Best Actor Prize (Muzaffer Ozdemir & Emin Toprak). In Cannes-2004 Ceylan was awarded the France Culture Award as the Foreign Cineaste of the Year.
Filmography
Cocoon (1995, short), The Small Town (1997), Clouds of May (1999), Distant (2002), Climates (2006).
