Proud Turks: Turkey's Ceylan wins best director prize at Cannes,2008

Turkey's Ceylan wins best director prize at Cannes,2008

"I dedicate this award to my lonely and beautiful country which I love with passion," said Ceylan, delivering a speech after American actor Sean Penn announced his name as the "Best Director."

"The film is about life, about many things, about the inner world," he told AFP in an interview.
"I don't make films on this or that as that is too didactic. And by the time I've ended a film the idea may have changed.
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Left: AFP Photo: Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan acknowledges the audience after winning Best Director prize during the...

CANNES, France (AFP) — Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won Cannes' Best Director prize on Sunday for his searing family drama "Three Monkeys".
Ceylan, almost 40 and already winner of a batch of awards for his first four features, is regarded as one of the most distinctive film-makers of the last decade.
"Three Monkeys", a tragedy revolving around jealousy, was his third appearance in competition at Cannes, where the movie was a critics' favourite among the 22 vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or award.
"The film is about life, about many things, about the inner world," he told AFP in an interview. "I don't make films on this or that as that is too didactic. And by the time I've ended a film the idea may have changed."
After running over a man at night, a politician running for election bribes his driver to claim responsibility for the accident. But while the man is in prison, the politician seduces the driver's wife, and her son, a young adult, sees it all.
Ceylan, maker of "Uzak" and "Climates", is a master of psychological subtlety and intimacy, shooting meticulously beautiful images helped by his use of high-definition digital video.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a talented director, and we wish him good luck for his future projects.