About Dry Grasses

Nestled away in East Anatolia, a public-school teacher yearns to leave his village for Istanbul—until he and a colleague come under public scrutiny through circumstances that may keep his dreams of a new life permanently out of reach.

Winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest feature builds to a dazzling climax and one of his greatest sequences.