Samet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?
| Original Title | About Dry Grasses | ||||||||
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| German Title | About Dry Grasses | ||||||||
| French Title | Les herbes sèches | ||||||||
| Other Titles | About Dry Grasses | ||||||||
| Directed by | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | ||||||||
| Country | Turkey | ||||||||
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| Screenplay | Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan | ||||||||
| Film Editing | Oguz Atabas, Nuri Bilge Ceylan | ||||||||
| Soundtrack | Philip Tiomfeye, Giuseppe Verdi | ||||||||
| Cinematography | Cevahir Şahin, Kursat Üresin | ||||||||
| Sound | Fatih Aydogdu | ||||||||
| Costumes | Gülsah Yüksel | ||||||||
| Production | NBC Film | ||||||||
| Runtime | 197 Min. | ||||||||
| Language | Türkisch/d/f | ||||||||
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«Another Masterclass in Conversational Cinema.»
IndieWire
«The film finds Ceylan’s gifts as a dramatist in their finest form since 2011’s “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”»
Variety
«A pastoral masterpiece»
The Wrap
«An overwhelming, monumental work»
El Periodico
«Nuri Bilge Ceylan paints the minutiae of misanthropy on a vast, ravishing canvas»
Variety
«A sprawling work that is enthralling in its capacity to capture and reflect on life.»
Cineuropa
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