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Winter Sleep

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Aydin, his wife and his recently divorced sister spend the winter in their hotel.
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Epic in length, thrilling to behold, and utterly absorbing, Winter Sleep demands -- and rewards -- viewers' patient attention.

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Tomris Laffly Film School Rejects Ceylan's deeply observant, quiet epic might leave you detached at first, but this is the kind of work that aims to creep up on and haunt you in the long haul, in many not instantly recognizable ways. Rated: B+ Aug 4, 2015 Full Review Peter Keough Boston Globe Such miserable people; why should we care? Maybe because Ceylan does. Rated: 4/4 May 21, 2015 Full Review Ann Hornaday Washington Post The easy gag about the 196-minute "Winter Sleep" is that it's so good it makes 3  1/2 hours feel like two, but that's no joke. Rated: 4/4 Jan 29, 2015 Full Review Wael Khairy The Cinephile Fix ...one of the greatest films ever made. Apr 15, 2024 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Winter Sleep is a distressing and desolating story about class differences, religious conflicts in a society that's predominately Muslim, and the inner contradictions of those who propose political correctness... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Apr 26, 2023 Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com There is great density within the richly spoken dialogue that endlessly flows throughout the film, but it's almost as if the ideas that flourish through spoken thoughts end up nearing drowning the purely cinematic aspects of the film. Rated: 3/5 Oct 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director

Haluk Bilginer

Aydin

Melisa Sozen

Nihal

Demet Akbag

Necla

Ayberk Pekcan

Hidayet

Serhat Mustafa Kiliç

Hamdi
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Synopsis Aydin, his wife and his recently divorced sister spend the winter in their hotel.
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer
Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
Screenwriter
Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Distributor
Adopt Films
Production Co
Zeynofilm, NBC Film, Memento Films, Bredok Filmproduction
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Turkish
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 19, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 5, 2016
Runtime
3h 16m
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