Winter Sleep(Movie, 2014)

Name: Winter Sleep
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: T03:16:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Kış Uykusu" (Turkish/TR)

3h 16min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 229 votes)

Winter Sleep (Turkish: Kış Uykusu [ˈkɯʃ ujkuˈsu]) is a 2014 Turkish drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, adapted from the novella "The Wife" by Anton Chekhov and one subplot of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story is set in Anatolia and examines the significant divide between the rich and the poor as well as the powerful and the powerless in Turkey. It stars Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag and Melisa Sözen. Ceylan had long wished to adapt "The Wife", and shot it in Cappadocia. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Winter Sleep

Palme d'Or Fipresci Prize of The Festival De Cannes nominated for: Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film nominated for: European Film Award for Best Director nominated for: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter nominated for: European Film Award for Best Film

About Winter Sleep

Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and boredom brings the return of old memories, pushing Aydin to flee….

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Trailer for Winter Sleep + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Winter Sleep Official US Release Trailer (2014) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan Drama HD(Trailer, 1:45)

Winter Sleep Official US Release Trailer (2014) - Nuri Bilge Ceylan Drama HD (Trailer) | Cannes Film Festival (2014) - Winter Sleep Official Trailer (Trailer) | Winterschlaf Offizieller Trailer Deutsch HD Nuri Bilge Ceylan Goldene Palme 2014 (Trailer, DE) | Trailer (Trailer, TR)

Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, France, Turkey

Shot in: Turkey, Cappadocia, Istanbul

Plays in: Cappadocia

Based on the work of: Anton Chekhov

Made by: ARTE France Cinéma, Memento Films Production, Zeynofilm, Bredok Filmproduction

Original language: Turkish (TR)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Turkish (TR)

Translated into 25 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/19/2014 (World premiere: 06/13/2014)

Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Kılıç, Nejat İşler, Tamer Levent, Nadir Saribacak, Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu, Azita Hajian

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Producer: Mustafa Dok, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Zeynep Özbatur, Muzaffer Yıldırım

Screenwriter: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan

Film Editor: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director of Photography: Gökhan Tiryaki

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Qis Yuxusu"

"Зимен сън"

"Sommeil d'hiver"

"冬日苏醒"

"Winterschlaf"

"Sueño de invierno"

"Heimeria narki"

"Χειμερία νάρκη"

"Téli álom"

"Il regno d’inverno"

"윈터 슬립"

"Vintersøvn"

"Zimowy sen"

"Sono de Inverno"

"Zimski san"

"Зимняя спячка"

"Vinterdvala"

"Zimsko spanje"

"Зимова сплячка"

Keywords: hotel, husband wife relationship, writer, rural area, anatolia, turkey, retirement

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Winter Sleep(Movie, 2014)

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