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About Dry Grasses
SummarySamet, a young art teacher, is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia. After a turn of events he can hardly make sense of, he loses his hopes of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in. Will his encounter with Nuray, herself a teacher, help him overcome his angst?

About Dry Grasses

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88
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Metascore
88
92% Positive
24 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Jul 25, 2024
100
The Irish Times
The vigorous, masterful script, written by the director his wife and frequent collaborator Ebru Ceylan, counterpoints the extended runtime. The director says he could have made the film longer; remarkably, most viewers will agree.
Feb 23, 2024
100
The New Yorker
About Dry Grasses may be unhurried, with languid steppe-by-steppe pacing and long, luxuriant, exquisitely sculpted conversations, but it is also nimble, alert, and alive in ways that seem to have taken Ceylan himself by surprise.
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Generally Favorable
6.7
78% Positive
28 Ratings
8% Mixed
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Jul 29, 2024
9
alanpotter17
Um cinema de interpretação, com cenas longas e diálogos incríveis, planos longos, pessimismo frente a uma realidade já complicada. O filme inicia filmando uma neve pálida, e essa sensação vai perdurar ao longo dos 200 minutos, nos corredores das escolas ou nos aposentos dos professores protagonistas. É uma sociedade fechada, mas a questão aqui é mais ver como os personagens lidam com esse sistema, mesmo sendo eles professores de cunho mais liberal. O filme se eleva quando há uma denúncia de abuso com alunas, e esse estopim revela muito mais o limite psicológico e a tensão contida, como numa represa. Um dia explode. Mas há aqui mistérios e cenas que não necessariamente vão prezar por explicações. Desdobramentos parecem ficar abertos, mas o interesse do cineasta é claro: a angústia diante da repressão social, o descontentamento com o tempo presente, a esperanca num povir. A fotografia que alguns personagens tiram, revelam a tentativa de enclausurar um tempo, que por mais monótono que pareça, está sempre andando. Eles vão em meio a diálogos filosóficos, expor uma angústia e um descontentamento que se revela cada vez mais universal. Há desde repressões sexuais a vazios existenciais. Sentimentos humanos, postos em um vilarejo ermo. Lindo filme.
Feb 24, 2024
8
bertobellamy
No one can make a 10+ minute conversation between two people in a room as fascinating as Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I heard somewhere that a great director makes the same film over and over again, and I think that applies to him. But of all of his movies that I have seen (the most recent ones), this is, without a doubt, the most different and risky: a profound character study about fragile masculinity, misunderstandings, contradictions, and deep Turkey idiosyncrasy. It requires a lot of patience, but the reward is enormous.
Feb 27, 2024
92
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Structured like a quietly grand novel, subtle and elliptical, Ceylan’s film unfolds with Chekhovian grace and a cutting understanding of character.
Mar 1, 2024
88
The Associated Press
There’s a profound, unresolvable melancholy to “About Dry Grasses” that’s hard to shake.
May 21, 2023
83
The Playlist
While the Turkish director seems ever-fascinated with gloomy, nihilistic anti-heroes, he does vest more hope in human relationships than usual.
Jun 12, 2024
75
LarsenOnFilm
There isn’t a boring frame in the film, even when the scenes involve little more than long conversations between two people.
May 21, 2023
50
The Hollywood Reporter
The movie goes downhill into predictable territory, finally landing in a soggy quagmire of talkiness and would-be profundity expressed in voiceover at the end. But at least the visuals are nice, with Ceylan’s signature use of snow-capped landscape and wide-angled lensing to the fore.
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Jul 21, 2025
7
Dates
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's first reflections of his photography in his filmography. Resemblant to his exhibitions in Istanbul, the subject is always obvious and with full colors.
Jun 30, 2025
7
Derinn
Supporting roles are strong yet complements the lead without outshining. hhhhhhhhhhh
Feb 29, 2024
7
dougal8976
About Dry Grasses is a ravishingly cinematic piece of work that seems designed to spark animated, if not acrimonious, debate.
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