About Dry Grasses

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About Dry Grasses
File:About Dry Grasses poster.jpg
French theatrical release poster
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Produced by Nuri Bilge Ceylan[1]
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Music by Philip Timofeyev
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  • Kürşat Üresin
  • Cevahir Şahin
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  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Oğuz Atabaş
Production
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  • NBC Film
  • Memento Production
  • Komplizen Film
Distributed by Memento Distribution (France)
Release dates
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  • 19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 12 July 2023 (2023-07-12) (France)
  • 29 September 2023 (2023-09-29) (Turkey)
Running time
 197 minutes[2]
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  • Turkey
  • France
  • Germany
Language Turkish
Box office US$2.2 million[3]

About Dry Grasses (Turkish: Kuru Otlar Üstüne) is a 2023 Turkish-language drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and co-written by Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, and Akın Aksu. Starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici, it follows a teacher working in rural eastern Anatolia with hopes of moving to Istanbul when he is accused of abusing a student. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where Dizdar won the Best Actress award. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[4]

Plot

Samet is a teacher who used to live in Istanbul but has been assigned to a post at a remote village in Eastern Anatolia for years. He comes back from holidays for the winter term. He and his co-worker and roommate Kenan are soon accused of inappropriate behavior by two female pupils. To Samet's dismay, one of them is Sevim, who has been so far a protégée of his. In parallel, both Samet and Kenan meet together, and then separately, Nuray, a teacher in a neighboring village. The latter has been the victim of a terrorist explosion some time before and misses a leg. Together they discuss the possibilities and limits of living in the region. While Kenan and Nuray seem to fall in love, Samet's attitude changes and he too begins to take interest in Nuray despite his first impression.

Cast

Production

About Dry Grasses is Ceylan's ninth feature length film, and his tenth overall. He co-wrote the script with his wife Ebru Ceylan and Akın Aksu; they also co-wrote Ceylan's previous film, The Wild Pear Tree (2018). The script took around two years to complete, and filming began in March 2021 in Erzurum; nature shots were also filmed in Adıyaman.[5][6][7] Kürşat Üresin and Cehavir Şahin served as the film's cinematographers.[8] About Dry Grasses received funding of €470,000 from the European Council's Eurimages fund, in addition to ₺2 million from Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.[6] The film was produced by Ceylan's NBC Film with France's Memento Production and Germany's Komplizen Film,[9] in co-production with Second Land, Film i Väst, Arte France Cinéma, Bayerischer Rundfunk, TRT Si̇nema, and Playtime.[10][11][12][13]

Release

About Dry Grasses was announced as one of nineteen films selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival[14][15] where it had its world premiere on 19 May 2023.[16]

The film was distributed in France by Memento Distribution on 12 July 2023 under the title Les Herbes sèches.[17] It was also invited to the 27th Lima Film Festival in the Acclaimed section, where it was screened on 12 August 2023.[18] Following screenings at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and 2023 New York Film Festival.[19][20] It was theatrically released in Turkey by Bir Film on 29 September 2023.[21] It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Icon' section and screened on 5 October 2023.[22]

About Dry Grasses was selected as 'midfest gala' film of the 54th International Film Festival of India and was screened on November 2023.[23]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 32 critic reviews are positive for the film, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "About Dry Grasses keeps us warm with dark humor through its unhurried and verbose wintry meditation on the human condition."[24] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[25]

Awards and nominations

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Cannes Film Festival 27 May 2023 Palme d'Or Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nominated [14]
Best Actress Merve Dizdar Won [26]
Jerusalem Film Festival 23 July 2023 The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film About Dry Grasses Nominated [27]
Chicago International Film Festival 22 October 2023 Gold Hugo Nominated [28]
Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance Ece Bağcı Won [29]
Lumières Award 22 January 2024 Best International Co-Production About Dry Grasses Pending [30]

See also

References

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External links

  • About Dry Grasses at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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