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Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

20147.53h 16m

Overview

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Written by Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Produced by Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Muzaffer Yıldırım
Box Office0Revenue: $4.0M

Top Cast

Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

Aydın

Melisa Sözen

Melisa Sözen

Nihal

Demet Akbağ

Demet Akbağ

Necla

Ayberk Pekcan

Ayberk Pekcan

Hidayet

Serhat Kılıç

Serhat Kılıç

İmam Hamdi

Tamer Levent

Tamer Levent

Suavi

Nejat İşler

Nejat İşler

İsmail

Nadir Sarıbacak

Nadir Sarıbacak

Levent

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu

Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu

Müşteri

Gamze Kuş

Gamze Kuş

Misafir 7

Themes & Keywords

hotelhusband wife relationshipretirementrural areawriteranatolia, turkey

About Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of hotel, husband wife relationship, retirement, rural area, writer, anatolia, turkey. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it stars Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ. Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

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