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Winter Sleep
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Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu) is a 2014 Turkish, German, and French drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The screenplay was written by Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan, with Gökhan Tiryaki serving as director of photography. The cast includes Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ, and Ayberk Pekcan. The narrative is set in a hotel in Cappadocia, and the film was shot in Turkey, specifically in Cappadocia and Istanbul. It is based on a work by Anton Chekhov.
The film has a runtime of 196 minutes and was released on June 13, 2014. It received the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Festival de Cannes. Additionally, it was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Director, Best Screenwriter, and Best Film at the 27th European Film Awards. Production companies involved include Memento Production, Bredok Film Production, Zeynofilm, and ARTE France Cinéma.
Critical reception includes an IMDb rating of 8.0 based on 58,986 votes. Other review scores listed are 8.3/10, 87%, and 88/100. The film is available in video on demand format.
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7.5Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.
Cast
- Haluk Bilginer as Aydın
- Melisa Sözen as Nihal
- Demet Akbağ as Necla
- Ayberk Pekcan as Hidayet
- Serhat Kılıç as İmam Hamdi
- Tamer Levent as Suavi
Themes
- hotel
- husband wife relationship
- retirement
- rural area
- writer
- anatolia, turkey
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Written by
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan
- Produced by
- Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
- Starring
- Haluk Bilginer , Demet Akbağ , Melisa Sözen , Tamer Levent , Nejat İşler
- Cinematography
- Gökhan Tiryaki
- Edited by
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Bora Göksingöl
- Production companies
- NBC Film Bredok Filmproduction Memento Films Production Zeynofilm
- Distributed by
- Pinema
- Release dates
- 16 May 2014 ( 2014-05-16 ) ( Cannes ) 13 June 2014 ( 2014-06-13 ) ( Turkey )
- Running time
- 196 minutes
- Countries
- Turkey, France, Germany
- Languages
- Turkish, English
- Box office
- $3.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Participant in
- 27th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Screenwriter
- Ebru Ceylan
- Cast member
- Azita Hajian
- Cinematographer
- Gökhan Tiryaki
- Narrative location
- Cappadocia
- Filming location
- Istanbul
- Duration
- 196
- FilmAffinity ID
- 540382
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.nuribilgeceylan.com
Show 6 more facts
- title
- Kış Uykusu
- publication date
- 2015-01-15
- film editor
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- after a work by
- Anton Chekhov
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 88/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Winter Sleep (Turkish: Kış Uykusu [ˈkɯʃ ujkuˈsu]) is a 2014 Turkish drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, adapted from the novella "The Wife" by Anton Chekhov and one subplot of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The story is set in Anatolia and examines the significant divide between the rich and the poor as well as the powerful and the powerless in Turkey. It stars Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbağ and Melisa Sözen.
Ceylan had long wished to adapt "The Wife", and shot it in Cappadocia. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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