Press Release Janus Contemporaries Press Release: About Dry Grasses (2023) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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The latest existential epic from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a masterclass in characterization, atmosphere, and moral and philosophical inquiry. When he comes under scrutiny for misconduct, cynical middle-school instructor Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) fears that his punishment will trap him in the snowy, isolated Anatolian village he has grown to despise. The only ray of hope is his relationship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar, who won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival), a fellow teacher who openly challenges Samet’s bitter narcissism—yet Samet’s friendship with his colleague and roommate, Kenan (Musab Ekici), who also has feelings for Nuray, hangs in the balance. Using hypnotic long takes and other bold formal techniques to convey the murky motives of its Dostoevskian protagonist, About Dry Grasses proves Ceylan to be one of cinema’s most incisive investigators of the human condition.

Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.

FILM INFO​

• Turkey
• 2023
• 198 minutes
• Color
• 2.39:1
• Turkish

INCLUDES​

• Meet the Filmmakers, a new interview with director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Trailer
  
  October 22, 2024

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[titch]

Fantastic - I was wondering when an English-friendly release would crop up! The only other blu-ray I have of Nuri Bilge Ceylan is Once Upon A Time In Anatolia.

 

[bujaki]

Great director! I'll be getting this release.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

I hope my local library will get it so i can check it out.