
About Dry Grasses
2023 · Movie · Not Rated · 197 min · ★ 7.7 · 75% critics
In a remote Anatolian village, a young art teacher counts the days until a transfer to a bigger city. When troubling accusations involving a student surface, his plans stall, and the pressure of small-town scrutiny pushes him into a spiraling crisis about responsibility, power, and what kind of person he really is.
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Details
- Original title
- Kuru Otlar Üstüne
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-07-12
- Language
- TR
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 197 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (166 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow-burn, dialogue-driven dramas about moral ambiguity and small-town pressure, in the vein of Winter Sleep or The Wild Pear Tree; Not for you if you want a fast plot or clear heroes.
Pros: gripping moral tension; rich character study; striking winter atmosphere | Cons: very long runtime; talky, slow pacing; polarizing main character
Themes
- powerful
Awards & recognition
- Lumière Award — Best International Co-Production · 2024
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress
- Best Screenplay Award · 2023 · nominated
- Cannes Best Director Award · 2023 · nominated
- Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 2023 · nominated
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- Jury Prize · 2023 · nominated
- Palme d'Or · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew

Deniz Celiloğlu
as Samet

Merve Dizdar
as Nuray

Musab Ekici
as Kenan

Ece Bağcı
as Sevim

Erdem Şenocak
as Tolga

Yüksel Aksu
as Vahit

Münir Can Cindoruk
as Feyyaz

Onur Berk Arslanoğlu
as Principal Bekir

Yıldırım Gücük
as Director of Education

Cengiz Bozkurt
as Nail
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan