This is a movie within a movie, about a director, Muzaffer, who goes back to his hometown to make a film using a cast of local people (based on the director Ceylan's first feature, Kasaba). While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about simple health problems, his father is in a legal fight against the government for his land, his cousin leaves his job to help Muzaffer who promises to find him work in Istanbul, and his little cousin Ali tries to carry an egg in his pocket for forty days so that he'll get the watch of his dreams. In the meantime, they form the cast for Muzaffer's movie as well.
Directing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Director |
Writing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Writer |
Camera | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Director of Photography |
Editing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Editor |
Editing | Ayhan Ergürsel | Editor |
Sound | İsmail Karadaş | Sound |
Production | Sadık İncesu | Producer |
Camera | İlker Berke | First Assistant Camera |
Lighting | İlker Berke | Electrician |
Camera | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Camera Operator |
Sound | İsa Yücel | Sound Editor |
Sound | Taylan Oğuz | Sound Mixer |
Crew | Ebru Ceylan | Thanks |
Crew | Emine Ceylan | Thanks |
Crew | Ahmet Uluçay | Thanks |
Crew | Bedri Kılıç | Thanks |
Crew | Arif Aşçı | Thanks |
Crew | Özgür Gülbir | Thanks |
Crew | Zeki Demirkubuz | Thanks |
Crew | Serdar Pehlivanoğlu | Thanks |
Crew | Bahadır Tansukalp | Thanks |
Crew | Mehmet Öktem | Thanks |
Crew | Murat Bakır | Thanks |
Crew | Latif Altıntaş | Thanks |
Crew | Nail Günay | Thanks |
Crew | Sabri Çetin | Thanks |
Crew | Enver Toprak | Thanks |
Crew | Zübeyde Toprak | Thanks |
Crew | Feride Çakmak | Thanks |
Crew | Latif Salı | Thanks |