Like mountains? Then you'll love the latest from Turkish autuer Nuri Bilge Ceylon: a high-altitude meditation on isolation. It's nearly four hours long and currently bookies' favourite for the Palme d'Or.
"...The 67th Cannes Film Festival begins in just over a week, and cinephiles are gearing up for the discoveries ahead. One of them that has shot to the top of the radar is the follow-up film from Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who left an impression at Cannes in 2011 with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, winning the Grand Jury Prize. His newest is titled Winter Sleep and it's been shrouded in mystery and secrecry every since filming last year. Our friends at The Film Stage have found the first trailer and now we get to see how stunning and riveting this looks. There's a reason this film is the most anticipated release of 2014 and that's because it looks magnificent. ...Winter Sleep, or Kis Uykusu, is directed by Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, of the films Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Üç Maymun, Climates, Distant, Clouds of May and Kasaba previously. There are not many plot details available as of yet, and all Ceylan is prepared to say (via Sony.co.uk) is: "Winter Sleep is about humans – it’s a drama set in the middle of Turkey, in Anatolia. We captured many kinds of images on location, shooting in Cappadocia over wintertime. There are many kinds of landscapes, human-scapes and portraits, sometimes in snow, sometimes in cloudy weather and more seldomly sunny images as well." The film is premiering at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as an In Competition film. It runs 3 hours, 16 minutes."
[1] Winter Sleep (Turkish: Kış Uykusu) is an upcoming Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The story is set in Anatolia. It has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot: Aydin, retired actor, holds a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal, which he is emotionally distant, and his sister Necla still suffering from his recent divorce. In winter as snow covers the steppe, the hotel becomes their refuge but also the scene of their anguish ...
Cast: Haluk Bilginer; Demet Akbag; Melisa Sözen; Ayberk Pekcan; Nejat İşler;and Serhat Kilic.
The film was produced through the director's company NBC Film in collaboration with Turkey's Zeynofilm, Germany's Bredok Film Production and France’s Memento Films. It received 450,000 euro from Eurimages.[4] Filming took place during two winter months in Cappadocia followed by four weeks in Istanbul for studio scenes. The film was shot with the Sony F65 camera.
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