this be a film about loneliness and how the distance physical and emotional between people tends to stultify relationship . the narrative be simple to the point of banality represent a young man yusuf ( emin toprak ) and from a rural village and arrive in istanbul to stay with his older and successful cousin mahmut ( muzaffer ozdemir ) while yusuf want work in the big city . after try for a few week to find work without any success and the strain of have yusuf living with him be too much for mahmut . they quarrel nothing physical and just verbal . eventually and yusuf go and leave mahmut alone again . end of story . except for the fact that the performance of the two men a relative be one of the best on film . much be say visually while dialog be use to bring out disagreement and distrust and hostility and and insecurity that exist within and between the two men . there be many visual gem in this film . for example and while search for work and young yusuf and need a relationship and try in vain to gain the attention of various young woman around the city . the look on his face and a he be thwart every time and say it all . or and want a cigarette and yusuf open the door to the balcony of mahmut apartment and light up in the frigid december air and leave the door open while mahmut and eventually get up from his work desk and walk to the door ( all glass ) and the cousin just look at each other for what seem way too long a time . then mahmut close the door and leave yusuf out in the cold . the metaphor be complete . or and mahmut clean up after yusuf and grudgingly and with increase anger while and all the while and yusuf waste his time chase skirt instead of look seriously for work and and spends mahmut money on a toy for a nephew yusuf be emotional and untidy and impulsive and and vulnerable . mahmut be rational and logical and self confident and a demand control freak represent the right brain and leave brain dichotomy beautifully play out by two actor who say more with a look and a gesture and a frown than any word can convey . but and mahmut be not completely emotionless represent he still love his ex wife who tell him that she off to canada with her husband to be . mahmut affect a distant and confident friendship with his ex and and make sure that she be okay about go . he wish her well . he say goodbye . he leave the coffee shop where they be talk . later when she call to say a last goodbye and on the way to the airport and mahmut go there and secretly watch a she leave . the poignancy of the emotion on his face and a she disappear through a door and be worth the wait . all in all and this be a standout piece of work by the two main actor and the director and nuri ceylan . some might argue that the pace be too slow while but life go slowly for much of the time and especially for those who be alone . the camera work be relatively simple also represent choose the scene and set up the camera and lighting and and let the actor move across the scene and enter the scene and leave the scene and all the while keep the camera still . there be a few panning shot and some high angle track shot and a few rural scene but much of the film be show a though on a stage with a fixed camera and a wide angle lens . except for tv and radio music within the story and there be no music sound track . and and there be those many long silence a the two men sit and watch tv together and or or engage in very limited conversation . i saw this movie on tv so i be amuse to see that and on a few occasion and i be watch tv a they be watch tv also . the silence in the movie match the silence in my house ( i be awake and all others in bed ) while my chair and position match that of mahmut a he watch tv . quite eerie and give me a sense of almost be there with him and and i guess i be and in a sense . i will say no more and because i want you to savor the other scene that i haven not describe . it not a movie for everybody and for sure . more than any movie i have see and it show just how much we die when we be all alone just a we be all alone when we die . mahmut face and a it fade to black in the final scene and will stay with me for a long and long time . highly recommend for serious movie buff .