About Dry Grasses
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Run Time: 197 min. Release Year: 2023 Language: Turkish
Starring: Deniz Celiloğlu, Ece Bağcı, Erdem Şenocak, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici
Synopsis: 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.
Showtimes:
Friday, April 5, 2024: 6:30
Saturday, April 6, 2024: 12:30
Sunday, April 7, 2024: 11:15AM
Monday, April 8, 2024: 3:45
Tuesday, April 9, 2024: 1:00
Wednesday, April 10, 2024: 1:10
Thursday, April 11, 2024: 11:00AM
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