About Dry Grasses
„ABOUT DRY GRASSES“ CELEBRATES ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN COMPETITION AT THE CANNES FILMFESTIVAL 2023
 
 
A NBC FILM PRODUCTION (TURKEY) IN CO-PRODUKTION WITH MEMENTO PRODUCTION (FRANCE), KOMPLIZEN FILM (GERMANY), SECOND LAND (SWEDEN), FILM I VÄST (SWEDEN), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE), BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK (GERMANY), TRT SINEMA (TURKEY) AND PLAYTIME (FRANCE). IN ASSOCATION WITH MEMENTO DISTRIBUTION, ARTE FRANCE, 12 PUNTO (TRT) AND DOHA FILM INSTITUTE. FUNDED BY EURIMAGES, TURKISH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CINEMA, TURKISH RADIO AND TELEVISION CORPORATION (TRT), AIDE AUF CINÉMAS DU MONDE, CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE – INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, RÉGION ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, MOIN FILMFÖRDERUNG HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, PEGASUS AIRWAYS, MOJO FX
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 Synopsis

The film follows Samet, a young teacher, who is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. When some events happen to him that he finds difficult to make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. But his meeting with Nuray, herself a teacher, may help him overcome his angst…

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 Cast
Samet Deniz Celiloğlu
Nuray Merve Dizdar
Kenan Musab Ekici
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 Crew
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenplay Akın Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Director of Photography Cevahir Şahin, Kürsat Üresin
Editing Oğuz Atabaş, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Production Design Meral Aktan
Costume Design Gülşah Yüksel
Make Up Nur Morkoç, Nuriye Gündoğdu
Casting Pınar Gök
Original Sound Fatih Aydoğdu
Sound Design Clément Laforce
Line Producing Barış Yıldırım
Commissioning Editor Carlos Gerstenhauer (BR)
Executive Producer Mediha Didem Türemen
Co-producers Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Nadir Öperli, Anthony Muir, Sébastien Beffa, Olivier Père, Rémi Burah, Mehmet Zahid Sobaci
Producer Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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 Festivals Cannes Film Festival 2023, Competition
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 World Sales World Sales: Playtime (www.playtime.group)
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