Home (2011) ( Yurt )

Home (2011) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Yurt
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Turkish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
74 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Turkey ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Muzaffer Özdemir

Written By:
Muzaffer Özdemir

Actors:
Kanbolat Gorkem Arslan
Muzaffer Özdemir
Muhammet Uzuner
Halil Kilic
Kerim Olgun
Ilhami Sibil
Pinar Unsal

Synopsis:

The first feature to be written and directed by actor Muzaffer Özdemir, best known for his roles in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's The Small Town, Clouds Of May and Distant (for which he won the Cannes Best Actor Award) Home (Yurt) is a beautifully composed meditation on memories and a changing world. Dogan, a pessimistic and neurotic architect, longing for his homeland, revisits the countryside of his childhood for the first time in many years. His search for the familiar, however, is an elusive one and in this modern technological age he quickly discovers that time which once stood still is now fleeting, and that the tranquillity of familiar landscapes is fading. Poetic and resonant, Home (Yurt) is a serene depiction of one man's journey to find his own sense of peace amidst the conflict between nature and the ever intrusive modern age.

This is the directorial debut of Muzaffer Ozdemir, Palme d'Or awarded actor of Uzak / Distant (2002) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and also an actor in the Ceylan films Kasaba / The Small Town (1997) and Clouds of May (1999). Dogan, a pessimistic and neurotic architect, falls ill while camping with his friends nearby Istanbul. His doctor advises traveling. Longing for his homeland, Dogan sets off on a short break to the town of his childhood, whence he did not have the opportunity to visit since years. But not even the countryside has escaped the homogenizing concrete web cast by the modern technological age and liberal mentality inimical to the Earth.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 October, 2013.