Winter Sleep

Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer
Zeyno Film
Year
2013
Spoken
Turkish
Subtitle
English
Country
Turkey
Length
196
Format
DVD
Off
Description

Set in the picturesque and beautiful Cappadocia region in central Turkey, the film follows retired actor Aydin (Haluk Bilginer), who has inherited a small hotel. He is ensconced with his recently divorced sister (Demet Akbag), his much younger (and growingly discontented) wife (Melisa Sözen), and a host of guests. A seemingly trivial incident sets in motion a clash of personalities that puts the group as odds, and makes them reflect on the path their lives have taken. Winter Sleep is about modern life: confronting its dream, its despair, and its complicated reality-from the highest joy to deepest depression. It's cinema of the highest order, with a superb cast that takes you into another wolrd and won't let you go.