About Dry Grasses

From the acclaimed director of Winter Sleep and Once Upon a time in anatolia

Nestled away in wintry East Anatolia, public-school art teacher Samet yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. Further disenchanted when he and Kenan, 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, 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 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.

RELEASE DATE

26TH JUL 2024

CERTIFICATE

15

RUNTIME

198 Mins

GENRES

drama
DIRECTOR
NURI BILGE CEYLAN
CAST
DENIZ CELILOGLU
CAST
MUSAB EKICI
CAST
MERVE DIZDAR