About Dry Grasses
A stunning character study [and] a pastoral masterpiece about Turkey’s contemporary complexities.
About Dry Grasses
Nestled away in wintry East Anatolia, public-school art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. Further disenchanted when he and Kenan (Musab Ekici), a colleague, come under public scrutiny, Samet fears circumstances will keep him in Anatolia and his dreams of a new life permanently out of reach. A silver lining is a budding relationship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a fellow teacher and firebrand who develops connections with both Samet and Kenan, forcing Samet to confront what he can't readily accept. Renowned for his nuanced, visually ravishing imagery, award-winning director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep) capstones the film with one of his greatest sequences, a dazzling metacinematic climax featuring an entrancing performance from Dizdar, who took home Best Actress at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Genre
Drama,
Auteur Cinema
Runtime
197
Language
Turkish
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writer(s)
Akin Aksu,
Ebru Ceylan,
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cast
Merve Dizdar,
Deniz Celiloglu,
Musab Ekici
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Foreign Language Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival
MOREPlayed at
Royal 2.23.24 - 3.07.24
Glendale 3.08.24 - 3.14.24
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