Winter sleep
(DVD)

DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan ; screenplay by Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan ; produced by Alexandre Mallet Guy, Mustafa Dok.

Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Kiliç, Tamer Levent, Nadìr Saribacak, Mehmet Alí Nuroğlu and Nejat Ísler.

Winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, the new film from Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia) is an immersive and provocative drama. Set in the picturesque and striking landscape of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, Winter Sleep focuses on a small village, half-empty, in the wintry off-season. The film follows a local celebrity, Aydin, an actor who runs a small hotel with his wife, writes a column for the local newspaper, and is toying with the idea of producing a book on Turkish theatre. With a steady, penetrating gaze reminiscent of that which Ingmar Bergman brought to his chamber pieces, Ceylan cuts through the smug self-image of a man who considers himself of elevated stature, but is ultimately brought face-to-face with who and what he truly is. Awarded the International Critics Prize in Cannes in addition to the Palme d'Or, Winter Sleep is a compelling and hypnotic study of human frailty.

Classification : M.

DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1.

Turkish. English subtitles.

Winner best director Asia Pacific Film Awards 2014 ; Nominated best film European Film Awards 2014 ; Palme D'Or, Festival de Cannes, 2014.