About Dry Grasses
Best Actress, Cannes 2023
Directed by: Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Year of production: 2023
Length: 197 minutes
Genre: drama
Samet is a young art teacher, finishing his fourth year of compulsory military service in a remote village of Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of ever escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?
Sponsors: Timișoreana, Linde Gaz România
Partners: Hotel Timișoara, Renault
The project is part of the National Cultural Programme "Timisoara - European Capital of Culture in 2023" and is funded under the European Echoes programme, implemented by the Center for Projects of the Timișoara Municipality, with sums allocated from the state budget, through the Ministry of Culture budget;