WINTER SLEEP wins the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize @ Cannes 2014
Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce.
In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities…
"Nuri Bilge Ceylan is at the peak of his powers with WINTER SLEEP, a richly engrossing and ravishingly beautiful magnum opus that surely qualifies as the least boring 196-minute movie ever made"
VARIETY
"One of the more rewarding film achievements of the year. Ceylan’s cast performs with such precision and feeling that even Bergman would have applauded."
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
"Mesmerizing, superbly acted. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's WINTER SLEEP is three hours-plus and worth the trip."
INDIEWIRE
"WINTER SLEEP is a magnificient film which confirms the Turkish director as an auteur of the highest standard."
LE MONDE
"WINTER SLEEP has a timeless quality but is also deeply political"
THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The esoteric world of masterful Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan proves as vibrant as ever in WINTER SLEEP, a Chekhovian meditation on a marriage that returns to the mood of the director's early films"
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Three hours and sixteen minutes of pure delight !"
TELERAMA
"A stunning picture."
THE GUARDIAN
Please note that the film has been sold in the following territories : Australia/NZ, Austria, Benelux, Brazil, Czech Republic, Ex-Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Slovak Republic, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taïwan, Turkey, UK.
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