About Dry Grasses

7.720233h 17mReleased

Drama

Overview

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

StatusReleased

Release Date2023-07-12

Runtime3h 17m

LanguagesTürkçe

CountriesTurkeyFranceGermanySweden

Budget$3,720,000

Keywords

powerful

Videos

5 total

Trailer

Official UK Trailer [Subtitled]

Stream

Criterion Channel

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Cast & Crew

Deniz Celiloğlu

as Samet

Merve Dizdar

as Nuray

Musab Ekici

as Kenan

Ece Bağcı

as Sevim

Erdem Şenocak

as Tolga

Yüksel Aksu

as Vahit

Münir Can Cindoruk

as Feyyaz

Onur Berk Arslanoğlu

as Principal Bekir

Yıldırım Gücük

as Director of Education

Cengiz Bozkurt

as Nail

Reviews

Lachlan Thiele

May 28, 2023

8/10

<b>INT. BEST SURPRISE OF THE FESTIVAL - DAY</b> When I heard the concept of the film, I'll be honest I wasn't that interested. > A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. However, his colleague Nuray helps him to rega…

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joannefilm

Nov 15, 2024

10/10

Masterpiece is the only word for this film. Nominated for the 2023 Palm D'Or, Nuri Bilge Ceylan has created an extraordinary film set in the snowy mountains of Turkey. The film explores life in an elementary school in a small village, and the lives of some of the teachers and kids. Sounds innocuous, right? Well, this may be the most powerful stu…

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