A cab driver, a teahouse owner and an out-of-work journalist live in a down-at-heel suburb of Ankara. When the driver tells his friends tales of the murky and unlawful dealings of his passengers, they install a camera to record the passengers.
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.
Director
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.
Mahmut
Un fotógrafo que vive y trabaja en Estambul y que siente que el paso del tiempo y las preocupaciones de la vida cotidiana lo han alejado de sus ideales de juventud se ve obligado a acoger en su casa a su primo, un obrero que ha ido a la capital turca para encontrar un empleo que le permita vivir.
Muzaffer, the movie-maker
Un joven director de cine, ávido de nuevos horizontes para realizar un documental, visita a sus padres que viven en una casa situada en un paraje de extraordinario verdor. Sin embargo, lejos de encontrar la inspiración necesaria, se conforma con hacer reportajes triviales de su familia y amigos. Su padre, que ha dedicado su vida a plantar árboles, tiene ahora que enfrentarse a un absurdo decreto estatal que ordena su tala.
Deli Ahmet
Told from the perspective of two children, and in four parts which run parallel to seasons, The Small Town describes the relationships between members of a small-town family. Both brother and sister witness the complexities of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of life and nature.
