Direction: Yesim Ustaoglu
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Yesim Ustaoglu. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 5
Journey to the Sun
1999 · Movie · 104 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Nazmî Kirik · Newroz Baz · Mizgin Kapazan · Ara Güler
Synopsis Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned,...
6.9
23 votes
6.9
23 votes
Pandora's Box (Pandoranin kutusu)
2008 · Movie · 109 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Tsilla Chelton · Derya Alabora · Onur Unsal · Övül Avkiran
Synopsis When three forty-something siblings in Istanbul receive a call one night that their aging mother has disappeared from her home at the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey, the three set out to find her, momentarily setting aside their problems....
6.5
604 votes
6.5
604 votes
Tereddut (Clair-obscur)
2016 · Movie · 105 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Mehmet Kurtulus · Metin Akdülger · Okan Yalabik · Funda Eryigit
Synopsis Two Turkish women, one oppressed by sexist traditions and one liberated by modern mores, have more in common than it would seem.
6.0
117 votes
6.0
117 votes
Waiting for the Clouds
2003 · Movie · 90 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Rüçhan Caliskur · Ridvan Yagci · Dimitris Kaberidis · Ismail Baysan
Synopsis When the Turkish war of independence ended in the early-1920s, Greeks were forcefully deported from Turkey. For the five decades that followed, a Greek woman and her sister remained in Turkey while taking great pains to cover their true origins.
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Araf: Somewhere in Between
2012 · Movie · 124 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Özcan Deniz · Nihal Yalcin · Neslihan Atagül · Yasemin Conka
Synopsis ARAF is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum! The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to...
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