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Kuru Otlar Üstüne

Original title: About Dry Grasses · Turkish title: Kuru Otlar Üstüne
2023 · 3 h 17 min
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Drama

Cast

Deniz Celiloğlu Merve Dizdar Musab Ekici

Credits

Written by: Akin Aksu

Plot

An art teacher stuck in a remote village in eastern Turkey is accused of inappropriate behaviour and is forced to reconsider his life. Merve Dizdar won the Best Actress prize at Cannes. English title: About Dry Grasses.

Sinekatalog’s take

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's long, talky drama follows an arrogant teacher in snowy Anatolia. Merve Dizdar won Best Actress at Cannes, and the film is rich, sharp and uncomfortable in its moral self-examination.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (20,325 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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