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Winter Sleep

2014 · Movie · Not Rated · 196 min · ★ 7.5 · 88% critics

Drama

A hotel owner and retired actor in rural Turkey faces a long winter while tensions grow in his marriage, his family life, and his place in the community. Set against a stark landscape, the story follows a man quietly confronting pride, loneliness, and the strain of everyday relationships.

Also known as Sommeil d'hiver

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Details
Original title
Kış Uykusu
Years
2014
Release date
2014-06-13
Language
TR
Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
196 min
Critic score
88/100
TMDB rating
7.5/10 (623 votes)
About

You may like Winter Sleep if you enjoy slow, talk-heavy dramas about family tension and class differences, with a strong sense of place and mood; Not for you if you prefer fast plotting or constant action, and maybe try Once Upon a Time in Anatolia or The Turin Horse instead.

Pros: strong acting; rich atmosphere; thoughtful dialogue | Cons: very long; slow-moving scenes; can feel repetitive

Themes

  • hotel
  • husband wife relationship
  • retirement
  • rural area
  • writer
  • anatolia, turkey

Awards & recognition

  • FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes · 2014
  • Palme d'Or · 2014
  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2015 · nominated
  • Asia Pacific Screen AwardBest Feature Film · 2014 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Screenwriter · 2014 · nominated
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  • European Film AwardBest Director · 2014 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Film · 2014 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan