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Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
9.0
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10,101 Ratings

WINTER SLEEP

Kış Uykusu

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, France, 2014
Drama

Synopsis

Aydin is a former actor who runs a small hotel with his wife Nihal, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities.

Synopsis

Aydin is a former actor who runs a small hotel with his wife Nihal, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities.

Our take

After Once Upon a Time in Anatolia won the Grand Prix, Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan captivated the Cannes jury once more with this Palme d’Or winner: a rich, Chekhovian drama flush with exquisite beauty.