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About Dry Grasses
MEANRANK
80/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 90, everyone else 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young art teacher, assigned to a remote village in Anatolia, feels intellectually and socially stifled by his surroundings. He dreams of a transfer to Istanbul, but his plans are complicated when he becomes involved in a minor incident with a student. The event spirals, attracting the attention of a fellow teacher, and forces him to confront his own motivations and the nature of his relationships in the isolated community.
Details
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Writers
- Akın Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Studio
- NBC Film, Memento Production, Komplizen Film, Second Land
- Released
- 12 July 2023
- Country
- Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden
- Language
- Turkish
- Runtime
- 197 min
- Budget
- $3.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2023 | Best Actress | Merve Dizdar | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2023 | Palme d'Or | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Nominee |
| Lumière Awards 2024 | Best International Co-Production | About Dry Grasses | Winner |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2023 | Gold Hugo | About Dry Grasses | Nominee |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2023 | Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance | Ece Bağcı | Winner |
| Jerusalem Film Festival 2023 | The Nechama Rivlin Award for Best International Film | About Dry Grasses | Nominee |
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6 awards — About Dry Grasses
×| Best Actress | Merve Dizdar | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Nominee |
| Silver Hugo for Best Supporting Performance | Ece Bağcı | Winner |
| Gold Hugo | About Dry Grasses | Nominee |
| Best International Co-Production | About Dry Grasses | Winner |
| The Nechama Rivlin Award for Best International Film | About Dry Grasses | Nominee |