Away from Home

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Away from Home (2001)

Directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu

Drama · 1h 50m

After several years of numbly mourning his parents death, 26 year old Selim takes a chance on the US lottery for passports and wins. He decides to sell the family olive grove to raise enough money to live in Manhattan and to break all roots to Turkey, leaving his girlfriend behind. When Selim's aged grand uncle, Nasuhi returns from Russia after 58 years he asks Selim to visit with him the olive grove of his youth. Before they depart, Nasuhi finds a beaten Russian girl, Olga who was robbed when she tried to sell herself to raise money to continue her own search for her sea faring father.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Semih Kaplanoğlu
Writer
Semih Kaplanoğlu, Serpil Kirel, Özden Cankaya
Director of Photography
Hayk Kirakosyan
Editor
Onur Tan, Hakan Akol
Producer
Semih Kaplanoğlu

Details

Original title
Herkes Kendi Evinde
Release date
2001-04-26
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Original language
TR
Spoken languages
Turkish
Countries
Turkey
Production
Haylazz Prodüksiyon