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Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany | 2014 | 196 min | Turkish, English
Aydin is a former thespian who moves from Istanbul to the stunning, yet dirt-poor Cappadocia in Central Anatolia with his beautiful, young, deeply unhappy wife Nihal and his recently divorced, lethargic sister Necla, to run his deceased father’s tourist hotel. It’s called ‘Othello’ after Shakespeare’s play.
The self-satisfied intellectual says he wants to write a history of Turkish theatre, but his scribbles are nothing more than personal columns for the local rag in which he berates everyone. The rest of his time is spent on interminable discussions with Nihal, Necla, hotel staff and people in the neighbourhood who owe him rent.
The Chekhov-inspired character study Winter Sleep lasts 196 minutes; most scenes never seem to end. Nothing moral, ethical or emotional remains uncovered. Every time you think things couldn’t get worse, they do. And relations fray some more.
Place: The Cinemas 3
Date: 11 April 2019
Time: 22:15
Duration: 1:05
Year in
Festival
2015
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Camera
Gökhan Tiryaki
Cast
Haluk Bilginer
Melisa Sözen
Demet Akbag
Ayberk Pekcan
Serhat Mustafa Kiliç
Nejat Isler
Tamer Levent
Country
Turkey
France
Germany
Editor
Language
Turkish
English
Length
196 min
Producer
Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan
Production Company
Zeyno Film
Memento Films
Production Design
Gamze Kus
Sales
Memento Films
Scenario
Ebru Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
based on short stories by Anton Chekhov
Sound Design
Andreas Mücke
Year of Production
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