Muzaffer Özdemir

Muzaffer Özdemir ( born 1957 ) is a Turkish actor.

Biography

Muzaffer Özdemir celebrated his acting debut in 1999 with the same name starring in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film distress in May. The drama tells the story of young Muzaffer, who returns to his hometown to Anatolia in order to realize a film project with his family members. 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 award ceremony of the European Film Awards 2000 and the awards from the Film Festival of Angers, Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul and Bergamo.

His breakthrough as an actor paved Özdemir 2002 another collaboration with Nuri Bilge Ceylan at the drama Uzak - Far (2002), the last part of a trilogy about the differences between country and city life. Here is acting as the Turkish actor formerly ambitious photographer Mahmut, who earns his living by advertising photos for catalogs. However, the visit of a young relative (played by Mehmet Emin Toprak ) from the province brings Mahmut small world out of balance. Yusuf tried in vain to find in the Turkish city a job to support his remaining family in the youthful zeal. Uzak - Wide celebrated its premiere in Turkey at the end of 2002 and was represented almost five months later, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, where he stood in the favor of critics. Although Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film in competition for the Palme d'Or was beaten to the drama Elephant by the American Gus Van Sant, but was awarded the second most important award, the Grand Jury Prize. Muzaffer Özdemir received for the part of the boorish egoist Mahmut together with the late Mehmet Emin Toprak 2002 as the first and so far only Turkish players the award for the best actor of the film 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

• 2003: Best Actor Award at the International Film Festival of Cannes for Uzak - Wide ( Mehmet Emin Toprak together with )