uzak ( 2002 ) and a turkish film show in the u. s. a distant and be direct and produce and write and and film by nuri bilgeceylan . this movie be a gritty and somber version of the clash between a city mouse and mahmut and play by muzaffer özdemir and and a country mouse and yusuf and play by emin toprak . both men be superb actor and and the plot allow them to demonstrate their acting skill . ( tragically and emin toprak die in an automobile accident shortly after the movie be complete . ) in most country cousin or city cousin tale and the contrast between rural and urban life style be portray in a humorous fashion . in this film and there little humor or even warmth . both menhave lose touch with human society . mahmut work a acommercial photographer for a tile company give him no satisfaction . he have divorce a woman he clearlystill love and and have no satisfy human relationship . mahmut have lose his job because of a factory closing in his small town and and doesn not have the skill or the energy to find work in the city . his human interaction be primarily confine to silent observation of the other people who cross his path . he clearly a warm and care person and but can not express these quality in an urban environment . the cousin do not relate well to the world and and they do not relate well to each other . neither make an effort to act in a way that would provide an opportunity for bond or closeness . in a sense and this film portray an opportunity waste . conceivably and each cousin could have provide at least part of what be lack in the other life . instead and they steer parallel unhappy course . the two men be distant throughout and which be a situation suggest by the film title . one of my friend mention the masterful way in which ceylan build detail upon detail . these detail ultimately tell u more about the character than we might have learn by simple exposition . uzak be show a part of the rochester labor film series . it not a labor film in the traditional sense of that genre . it be a labor film because it demonstrate the harmful effect of unsatisfying work ( mahmut ) and unemployment ( yusuf ) . this be a quiet and absorb and dark film . although it doesn not make for happy viewing and i walk out of thetheater realize that i have see a truly creative andimportant movie . this film be worth find and see .