About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses (Turkish: Kuru Otlar Üstüne) is an upcoming Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and co-written by Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, and Akın Aksu. Starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici, it follows a teacher working in rural eastern Anatolia with hopes of moving to Istanbul when he is accused of abusing a student. About Dry Grasses is scheduled to premiere in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2023.

About Dry Grasses
Kuru Otlar Üstüne
Directed byNuri Bilge Ceylan
Written byNuri Bilge Ceylan
Ebru Ceylan
Akın Aksu
StarringDeniz Celiloğlu
Merve Dizdar
Musab Ekici
CinematographyKürşat Üresin
Cevahir Şahin
Production
companies
Distributed byMemento Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 12 July 2023 (2023-07-12) (France)
Running time
197 minutes[1]
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Plot

A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small village. After long time waiting he loses all hope of escaping from this gloomy life. However, his colleague Nuray helps him to regain a perspective.

Production

About Dry Grasses is Ceylan's ninth feature length film, and his tenth overall. He co-write the script with his wife Ebru Ceylan and Akın Aksu; they also co-wrote Ceylan's previous film, The Wild Pear Tree (2018). The script took around two years to complete, and filming began in March 2021 in Erzurum; nature shots were also filmed in Adıyaman.[2][3][4] Kürşat Üresin and Cehavir Şahin served as the film's cinematographers.[5] About Dry Grasses received funding of €470,000 from the European Council's Eurimages fund, in addition to ₺2 million from Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.[3] The film was produced by ARTE France and TRT.[6][7][8]

Release

About Dry Grasses was announced as one of nineteen films selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.[9][10] where it will have its world premiere on 19 May 2023.[11]

The film will be distributed in France by Memento Distribution on 12 July 2023 under the title Les herbes sèches.[12]

References
  1. "KURU OTLAR USTUNE". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın yeni filmi "Kuru Otlar Üstüne" nin çekimleri başladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 30 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan yeni filmi "Kuru Otlar Üstüne"nin çekimlerine başladı". T24 (in Turkish). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Kuru Otlar Üstüne filmi konusu nedir? Kuru Otlar Üstüne nerede çekildi?". Timeturk (in Turkish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın Kuru Otlar Üstüne filmi Cannes'da". Karar (in Turkish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın yeni filmi Kuru Otlar Üstüne Cannes ana yarışmasında yarışacak (Kuru Otlar Üstüne oyuncuları ve konusu)". NTV (in Turkish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın yeni filmi Kuru Otlar Üstüne, 76. Cannes Film Festivali'nde Altın Palmiye için yarışacak". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın "Kuru Otlar Üstüne" filmi 76. Cannes Film Festivali'nde yarışacak". Euronews (in Turkish). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Keskin, Buse (13 April 2023). "Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'About Dry Grasses' competes in Cannes". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Nuri Bilge Ceylan's new film About Dry Grasses will compete in Cannes". English Bianet. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. mraultpauillac (10 May 2023). "The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. "Les herbes sèches". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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