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Nazan Kesal has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
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A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future holds. Füsun is a brilliant student, destined for a successful career but can't help from falling for Baris, a musician who struggles with a psychological disorder. As the two grow closer they start to adopt each other's traits, but becoming increasingly dependent on one another proves damaging for their relationship.
Dir. Ali Bilgin · With Çağatay Ulusoy, Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, Hüseyin Avni Danyal
A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · With Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · With Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kesal
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