Nazan Kesal
Know for: Acting
Born: 1969-03-28
Place of birth: Manisa, Turkey
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Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought...
Aydede (2018)
Losing his father at a very young age, Bekir lives with his mother Rabia and grandfather İlyas, who jointly run a haberdashery store. When...
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe (1992)
Cazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her...
The Shadow Play (1992)
Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. A deaf and mute girl named Kumru is brought to work in the...
In Vain (2018)
The struggle of a mother who tries to understand her son by putting herself in his shoes after his death.
Your Wild Dogs Want Freedom (2022)
Edirne’s city dump, home to many strays, is cleared for the construction of a city prison. The film is a reflection on the desire to transform...
The Bank of Broken Hearts (2017)
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in Istanbul, the tragic story of three heroes chasing an unlikely dream, running towards their...
On the Water Surface (2023)
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the...
Hair (2010)
A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day.
Conscience (2008)
Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young...
Mother Virgin No More (2015)
As an unexpected truth about a young women gets revealed to her mother, the basic fact that a mother - daughter relationship is supposed to be based...
My Brother (2016)
Two resentful, singer brothers Hakan and Ozan who can't get along well. Meet again in their father's funeral. Even though they want to get back to...
Delibal (2015)
A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future...
Inflame (2017)
Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what she sees is actually remembering. A 30-year-old woman...
Dust Cloth (2015)
Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why...
The Pillar of Salt (2018)
A reclusive woman in her thirties leads a life frozen in time in a cave-like room. In her rare trips to the city, she chats with an oarswoman haunted...
Making Climates (2006)
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Climates / İklimler" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film had been shot in various parts of...
You Know Him (2020)
Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for...
Unmade Bed (2015)
It's a quiet morning and a middle-aged woman is lying on the bed, watching her sleeping husband's back.
Circle (2014)
In the hard-boiled world, where will the soft-shelled end up? A cozy kind of extermination is on the stage and keeping a low profile. The decadence...
Climates (2006)
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler...
Fate (2001)
Musa, a customs clerk, lives quietly with his mother. Tragedy and change come for him, as they do for everyone, and he must confront his own attitude...
Distant (2002)
After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
Bitter Coffee (2024)
Before the wedding, the families of the man and the woman come together. At this meeting, where rituals specific to Turkey are discussed, while there...
Swing (2013)
The last 12 minutes of a young woman in a house on the edge of the city. The radical decision of a woman whose life was made a prison by tradition,...