Winter sleep / screenplay by Ebru Ceylan, Nurí Bílge Ceylan ; producers, Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, Alexandre Mallet Guy, Mustafa Dok ; a film by Nurí Bílge Ceylan.
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture. Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Kiliç, Tamer Levent, Nadìr Saribacak, Mehmet Alí Nuroğlu and Nejat Ísler.
Summary:
Winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, the new film from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia) is an immersive and provocative drama. Set in the picturesque and striking landscape of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, Winter Sleep focuses on a small village, half-empty, in the wintry off-season. The film follows a local celebrity, Aydin, an actor who runs a small hotel with his wife, writes a column for the local newspaper, and is toying with the idea of producing a book on Turkish theatre. With a steady, penetrating gaze reminiscent of that which Ingmar Bergman brought to his chamber pieces, Ceylan cuts through the smug self-image of a man who considers himself of elevated stature, but is ultimately brought face-to-face with who and what he truly is. Awarded the International Critics Prize in Cannes in addition to the Palme d'Or, Winter Sleep is a compelling and hypnotic study of human frailty.
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