Mehmet Emin Toprak (actor)
Mehmet Emin Toprak ( born October 11, 1974 in Yenice; † 2 December 2002 Çan, Çanakkale ), also under the name Emin Toprak known, was a Turkish actor.
Biography
Mehmet Emin Toprak celebrated his acting debut in 1998 under the direction of his cousin Nuri Bilge Ceylan's in town, the feature film debut of director and also the first part of a trilogy about the differences between rural and urban life in Turkey. The drama tells of a child's perspective, the everyday life and growing up in the Turkish province. A year later, a supporting role followed in the second part of the trilogy, distress in May. The drama is (played by Muzaffer Özdemir ) to realize in the center, the Anatolia, in his hometown, returns a film project with members of his family the young Muzaffer. There, the filmmaker is confronted with the problems of parents and relatives: his cousin dreamed of a future in Istanbul, while Muzaffers father threatens to lose a piece of wood on the land registry office. The strongly autobiographical movie (father and mother are played by the parents of the director ) was praised by the daily newspaper because of its almost Buddhist calm and unusual cutting techniques, while the New York Times compared it with the work of Abbas Kiarostami. Distress in May won a number of international film and festival awards, including the FIPRESCI prize at the European Film Awards ceremony in 2000 and the awards from the Film Festival of Angers, Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul and Bergamo.
His breakthrough as an actor paved Toprak 2002, the renewed collaboration with Nuri Bilge Ceylan at the drama Uzak - Far (2002), the last part of the trilogy. Here the Turkish actor acts again on the side Muzaffer Özdemir as a young father Yusuf, the order comes to Istanbul for his remaining family in the province to provide. In youthful zeal Yusuf tried in vain to find in the Turkish city a work on a ship, while his relative, a successful advertising photographer, is overthrown by his presence in an existential crisis. Uzak - Wide celebrated its premiere in Turkey at the end of 2002, Mehmet Emin Toprak and brought the Supporting Actor prize at the film festival of Antalya one.
Nearly two months after receiving the award, the married Toprak died in a traffic accident in Canakkale, in western Turkey, at the age of 28 years. Posthumously, the International Film Festival in Cannes was the actor for the part of the Yusuf together with Muzaffer Özdemir film colleague as first and only Turkish players the award for the best actor of the festival. Even in Germany, where the film was released only three years after its formation, Uzak received - wide positive reviews. Cold prevails between the characters, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, which compared the film with works of Andrei Tarkovsky.
Filmography
Awards
- 2002: Supporting Actor price of Antalya Altyn Portakal film Festivali for Uzak - Wide
- 2003: Best Actor Award at the International Film Festival of Cannes for Uzak - Wide