Director of Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan Won Palm d’Or with Winter Sleep – 2014
Winter Sleep is loosely based on Chekhov, written by Nuri and his wife.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan wins Palm d’Or Click to see large.
Cannes Jury discussion (youtube)
One of the characters from Distant is a photographer, Ceylan used his own apartment.
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Right photo by Fung Lin Hall (Tempe Arizona) – left photo was posted by Roxanne Rogers who lives in Istanbul
Young Nuri..
Self-portrait.. he was a photographer.