Screening times:
Friday, April 19, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Saturday, April 20, 6:30 PM - Half-capacity screening
Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany | 2023 | 197m | Turkish with English subtitles
with Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici
Nestled away in wintry East Anatolia, public-school art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. Further disenchanted when he and Kenan (Musab Ekici), a colleague, come under public scrutiny, Samet fears circumstances will keep him in Anatolia and his dreams of a new life permanently out of reach. A silver lining is a budding relationship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a fellow teacher and firebrand who develops connections with both Samet and Kenan, forcing Samet to confront what he can't readily accept.
Renowned for his nuanced, visually ravishing imagery, award-winning director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Winter Sleep) capstones the film with one of his greatest sequences, a dazzling metacinematic climax featuring an entrancing performance from Dizdar, who took home Best Actress at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
"Between’s Ceylan’s eye for faces, landscapes and spatial dynamics, and the first-rate work of cinematographers Kürsat Üresin and Çevahir Sahin, “About Dry Grasses” fills every widescreen frame with life." -Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
"Structured like a quietly grand novel, subtle and elliptical, Ceylan’s film unfolds with Chekhovian grace and a cutting understanding of character." -Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
"This would be a great double feature with The Teacher's Lounge." -Christy Lemire, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles - review begins at 12:30)
Best Actress - Cannes Film Festival 2023
Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance - Chicago International Film Festival
Best International Co-Production - Lumières Award
Tickets $8.75 ($8 cash at the door if available).
Half capacity
Half capacity
