Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The thing about showing isolation, boredom, and alienation in movies is that you can't make it too exciting without risking the authenticity of the whole idea. Sometimes it can be difficult to watch those kind of movies, even though the themes and ideas of the movie are conveyed very effectively by the end. This Turkish art house film is an example of that. The film is very slow and revels in showing boredom and urban alienation for all it is, but it still leaves a lasting impact.
We see two men from very different places try to live together, one is going through a very urban existential crisis instigated by the separation from his wife, while the other is going through a different crisis in that he is trying to find a job after moving to the city from a very rural area. These two men must try to live together and try to find a way to reconcile their lives even though, as the title suggests, there is much distance between them. Sometimes the movie feels like it is going nowhere, but it has a depth that feels extremely real and pronounced that reveals the inherent alienation of urban life.
Grade: B+
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