FILM

Winter Sleep (Turkish: Kış Uykusu)

Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia, Turkey 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.

Cast:

Haluk Bilginer
Demet Akbag
Melisa Sözen
Tamer Levent
Nejat Isler

Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Producer:
Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, Sezgi Üstün

Written by:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan

Distributor:
New Wave Films (United Kingdom), Adopt Films (United States)

Box Office:
$3.7 million

Awards:

Cannes Palme d’Or Winner (2014)



Metacritic Score:
87%

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
88%