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Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

2014
Drama
3h 16m
Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities... (imdb)
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Winter Sleep

2014
Drama
3h 16m
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Rated 15 Jan 2015
95
99th
Excellent from beginning to end. The play-like dialogues are flawlessly acted, and they stay captivating because of the brilliant writing which intertwines the complex study of an interesting character with relevant observasions on human psychology, ethical conundrums and class differences.
Rated 24 Oct 2015
84
95th
Very fine, well-written movie, with characters of unusual complexity, in this case inspired by Chekhov but for me also somewhat reminiscent of Dostoyevsky. The sister's disappearance halfway through seems a thread left rather oddly hanging, but then why not go against audience expectation by letting her play her part then exit the stage? Perhaps there is something a little too cute about the ending, too, but this is not to deny that the concluding scenes are also both ambiguous and affecting.
Rated 28 Dec 2014
94
98th
Most probably, it's the top of the Turkish cinema and one of the best movies of last decade.
Rated 21 Sep 2014
90
97th
Winter Sleep is the type of journey that's difficult to start, that you want to turn back early on, but after you reach the halfway point, you realize just how much you're enjoying it. It's a tough film to get into and an even tougher one to watch, but once it clicks with you, it's impossible to step away from. Its topics of conversation are so interesting, and its acting is so good. This is a heck of a film.
Rated 17 Aug 2014
10
97th
A literary masterwork, combining reams of engrossing dialogue worthy of a great novel with the emotional impact of a sweeping, three-hour epic. While I wasn't drawn to its visual austerity, I was decidedly won over by its striking honesty.
Rated 20 Jun 2015
50
10th
I will look ignorant and superficial, i know that, and i had some problems with the subtitles (i didn't find them in my first language), but why should i care or find interesting these characters? except landscape itself, when is this film visually fascinating? it seemed to me a boring stage theater adaptation, with high litterature references and aspirations.
Rated 01 Nov 2017
2
21st
boring
Rated 13 Jun 2014
75
92nd
has to develop his form by learning to shorten it 'ruthlessly'
Rated 21 Jan 2015
89
98th
Awesome film from Turkey, the carefully slow pace gives you that sweet feeling of drainage you get from Bela Tarr's films, the dialogue flows so naturally and the pictures from Cappadocia are mesmerizing. A masterpiece and the best film of 2014 imho.
Rated 13 Feb 2015
65
42nd
There's lots of moody power in Ceylan's cold craft, several interesting philosophical ideas are touched upon and, despite its length, "Kis Uykusu" is hardly worth a snore. But to what end do these characters collide and are their words any convincing as uttered by real people? In other words, unlike some great dialogic films -like "Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da", for that matter-, this one feels less vital, more theoretical than it should.
Rated 02 Feb 2019
70
41st
People call it "novelistic" and "literary" betraying the fact they haven't read a literary novel. It's not bad, but the dialogue is quantity over quality (could be a translation issue, admittedly) and it just gets pretty mind-numbing after a while, a problem "Once Upon a Time" did not have. Has the smell of a filmmaker starting to believe in his own hype.
Rated 13 Jan 2015
95
99th
Ceylan's pinpoint precise compositions of the stunning winter landscapes are breathtaking to behold and are the perfect backdrop for the icy atmosphere that's slowly revealed between the main players in this broody and insightful character study. Haluk Bilginer gives a great performance and he's ably supported by Melisa Sozen and Demet Akbag who play his resentful wife and bitter sister respectively. Film of the year.
Rated 19 Jan 2015
83
92nd
Phenomenally well made with beautiful photography, great acting, and even better dialogue. However, it does ramble on through it's 3.5 hour run time, becoming a reflection on semi-connected character faults as opposed to an actual narrative. Still, it is thought provoking and beautiful to watch.
Rated 16 Jun 2015
67
75th
Can't say I didn't know what I'm getting myself into, it's the third movie by Nuri Bilge Ceylan I watched. Winter Sleep is a behemoth of a movie - huge, slow and a fitting companion for Zvyagintsev's Leviathan. (notice my knowledge of The Book of Job, me smart). Like previous films of Ceylan, it is a very demanding film (it makes Leviathan look like a Hollywood blockbuster), and while I found the protagonist fascinating on the whole it's not something I'd watch again.
Rated 10 Nov 2015
57
12th
I was really disappointed with the lack of snow in the film. I was expecting the cast to be snowed in, with nothing to do but face their problems with each other. I will say that this movie has excellent dialogue and really good acting... but is that the ultimate recipe for a movie? It should be, but this movie just really wasn't entertaining. First of all, it is three hours and fifteen minutes long. That's a lot of reading to do, unless you speak Turkish in this Foreign film...
Rated 12 Dec 2014
88
91st
This is a cold one for sure. The camera barely moves, but it doesn't miss a thing. The dialogues are challenging, but rewarding and how the people in this movie interact with one another is just saddening.
Rated 06 Jun 2016
8
92nd
Very slow and very long - the story gradually unfolds with quiet, honest performances.
Rated 13 Jan 2015
4
90th
Pretty remarkable. The most genuine performances and dialogue I have seen in a very long time. Definitely not for everyone. - Very Good
Rated 14 Jun 2014
70
42nd
13 Haziran '14, Atlas Sinemasi, 20:00 & NBC eskiden hikayeye saplanmadan onun otesine gecebilen bir yonetmendi. Simdi hikaye anlatmayi ogrenmis, ne var ki otesi yok.
Rated 05 Jan 2015
90
99th
Basically about everything and nothing at the same time. Always interesting (often engaging) with Haluk Bilginer as a perfect center throughout the film.
Rated 05 Jul 2015
44
41st
I sort of feel like at this point Ceylan is just checking off a list of Canonized Arthouse Greats one film at a time (Distant was Tarkovsky, Climates was Antonioni, and this one is thoroughly Bergman to a fault). His almost laughably respectable and unimaginative top ten list for BFI's 2012 poll practically confirms just how badly he wants to be ranked next to these guys, to the detriment of his own talent. I can't even remember what i though was so good about Three Monkeys.
Rated 10 May 2015
30
25th
The setting/landscape is amazing - the slowly evolving/revealed relationships and motivations of the characters was very believable and well acted but long and personally I just could not find a thread to connect to or care about.
Rated 05 Dec 2014
90
95th
A little too long, but terrific. Lovely-looking and with great characters and dialogue. Especially the guy playing hte main cahracter's performance is incredible. One of the best of 2014.
Rated 10 Jul 2015
50
14th
please stop trying to make actors act like characters from a Chekov' s novel. I don't see people are behaving, talking like this in Anatolia. Boring.
Rated 15 Dec 2014
83
85th
Fazla uzatmayacağım, Nuri Bilge Ceylan'dan bir gövde gösterisi. 195 dakika uzunluğunda böylesine böylesine yoğun bir filmin böyle akıp gitmesi bile başlı başına enfes. Türkiye sinemasının en iyi 3-5 filminden biri.
Rated 16 Jan 2016
4
74th
A challenging film, not only for its gargantuan length and measured pace, but for its rigorous intensity, its text-heavy confrontational demeanor, and the sheer weight of its disintegrating relationships (or, perhaps, they were never whole in the first place). There's also something to be said about the gap between affluence and poverty, and the merits of altruism, but the film is complex and ambiguous enough not to moralize these points into a statement.
Rated 06 Aug 2015
90
96th
Turkish cinema is doing preeetty, preeetty, pretty good.
Rated 12 Feb 2020
40
10th
Holy shit... this film is monumentally, glacially slow. I struggled to stay awake at times, even though it was the middle of the day. Truly an astonishing work of boredom.
Rated 14 Feb 2020
82
83rd
Like It's a Wonderful Life from Mr Potter's point of view.
Rated 09 May 2020
95
92nd
I found myself - a lot, scarily, too often - in the characters and in the dialogue of this film. Other people may not relate as much, but I have a feeling there is something for everyone in this film. Saw this after Ahlat Agaci. Liked both but preferred this by a lot. Looking forward to Once Upon a Time....
Rated 27 Dec 2020
85
88th
While Once Upon A Time in Anatolia was an enormous beast only Ceylan would and could tackle, Winter Sleep could have been directed by a number of other good directors from Turkey. Almost none of the hypocrite, talkative, sneaky characters are types that we would associate, not even sympathise ourselves with. The only possible feeling is disdain if not antipathy. Thus, Ceylan illustrates a world where everyone is awake but is in deep winter sleep.
Rated 20 Nov 2021
95
98th
The writing was so potent I could've thrown my blu-ray player at the wall.
Rated 21 Oct 2023
100
96th
This is a really stunning film. It's slow and over 3 hours, but it never drags for even a second. Conversations unfold gradually and their true nature is revealed almost imperceptibly. Like some of Bergman's finest work, the confrontations are complex and very revealing without feeling like they've revealed everything there is to know about these characters.
Rated 08 Jan 2015
97
98th
O kadar etkilendim ki ne yazsam eksik kalacak. Sadece Nuri Bilge Ceylan sinemasinin degil, Turk sinemasinin da zirvesi.
Rated 29 Jan 2019
90
79th
Nuri Bilge Ceylanın filmlerini izlemiyor kendinizi sanki filmin içinde hissediyorsunuz. Karakterlerin anlatımı o kadar doğal bir biçimde işleniyorki kimi zaman karakterin sadece uzaklara bakıp düşüncelere dalmasını yaşıyor kimi zaman ondaki kafa karışıklığını çok bağımsız bir sahneyle deneyimliyoruz. Nuri bilge Ceylanın eserleri sadece bir film değil aynı zamanda fotoğraf olma özelliğini de taşımaktadır. Görsel olarak bizi etkilemesi dışında, Bu film özel
Rated 15 Mar 2016
93
94th
Nuri Blige Ceylan ist zweifellos ein Weltklasse-Regisseur, aber er steigert sich nicht von Film zu Film, so wie viele behaupten. Ich finde, dass er auch vor über zehn Jahren schon Weltklasse war! Winter Sleep dauert über drei Stunden und man mag etwas Über-Ambitioniertes erwarten... die ganze Rezension sowie die wichtigsten türkischen Arthaus Filme findest du auf cinegeek.de
Rated 03 Dec 2014
83
93rd
Winter Sleep is Ceylan's most Chekhovian film yet, which is saying a lot of a man who is cinema's closest thing to Chekov. It's a character study of a conceited, domineering and miserly proprietor, portrayed largely through the scoffing diatribes of his sister and much younger wife, to which he retorts punily (this also reminded me of late Ingmar Bergman movies). The acting and cinematography are on par with the excellence we've come to expect from Ceylan. It's a taxing but splendid 3 hours.
Rated 25 Aug 2014
80
73rd
There is a lot to admire here. Ceylan's direction, Bilginer's acting, Tiryaki's photography, Gamze Kus' Art Direction, soundtrack, ... The list goes on for a while. Winter Sleep has all the ingredients for a great film, but there is one thing that really grinds my gears. I am by no means biased towards slow, dialogue-driven plots. But if I wanted to read for 196 minutes, I should have gone to the library instead of the theatre...
Rated 08 Nov 2014
63
17th
I was not impressed and I didn't like the rhythm.
Rated 28 Jun 2014
80
95th
Bazı noktalarının kopuk olması dezavantajıydı filmin.Son bölümdeki bazı sahneler bütünlüğü bozmuş ve eseri karmaşıklaştırmış.1-2 oyuncu dokuya uymamış.Onun haricinde kaliteli bir yapımdı ve çok isabetli tahliller içeriyordu....
Rated 28 Jun 2014
85
63rd
Film izlemekten cok kitap okuma hissi uyandiriyor; muhtesem diyaloglar var ama izledigimiz bir film miydi soru isareti. Favoru nbc filmim hala bir zamanlar anadoluda.
Rated 20 Dec 2014
80
57th
Though Winter Sleep is a bit of a let down compared to Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, it's still a solid film for its entire 3 and a half hour running time, which is a difficult feat for any movie. The film's two leads give life to a number of nuanced complexities of character, and scenes of emotional tension are allowed to play out in Bergmanesque fashion, lingering on contradictions, humiliations, and humanity, resolving only when every last drop of emotion is spent.
Rated 16 Jul 2015
80
72nd
Why did everyone bury this film under the rug after it won Cannes? It's dominantly dialogue-heavy
Rated 12 Dec 2014
95
97th
Olağanüstü keyf alarak izledim, muhteşem.
Rated 13 Jun 2014
100
98th
filmden ciktim ve cok garip hissettim, cunku bu kotu gunde kendime yapabilicegim en buyuk iyiligi yapmisim ve tam da buna ihtiyacim varmis. soylenicek bisuru sey var tabi ama kis uykusu guzel bi kitap gibiydi aslinda, tek farki nbc hayal edebilicegimizden cok daha guzel anlatmisti o kitabi.
Rated 02 Aug 2015
69
74th
Unusual and often good dialogue. Generally interesting characters and locations. It's incredible length isn't nearly as bad as it appears, but still unfortunately drags a little. Melisa Sozen's performance felt a bit unconvincing.
Rated 29 Jan 2015
72
43rd
Filled with long stretches of dialogue that reveal slowly and in real-time the sort of characters we're witnessing on screen, this is beautifully filmed and features some unique landscapes and imagery -- yet after all this astonishment, I still think Celyan just wants to write a very thick book, but at least with his film here, the dialogue from these characters (as well as their acting) manages to come off the screen and enter the audience moreso than in his last two film.
Rated 01 Apr 2016
75
42nd
Sensible, touchant, minimaliste, et LONG!
Rated 12 May 2015
81
85th
kış uykusu en fazla diyalog ve alıntı yüklü filmi olmalı. bundan duyduğu endişe yüzünden profesyonellerle çalışmak istemiş sanırım. fakat yılların tiyatro oyuncularıyla çalışınca kaçınılmaz olarak bir nbc filmi için yapmacık hissettiriyor.
Rated 27 Feb 2019
97
97th
Kış Uykusu, sadece son zamanlarda izlediğim en iyi filmlerden biri olmakla kalmıyor, son yılların da en iyi filmi olduğunu kanıtlıyor. Nuri Bilge Ceylan cidden Türkiye'de yetişmiş en güzel yönetmen ve kaybedilmesi gereken bir değer. İyi ki var. -- https://twitter.com/umutheatre/status/1100443686146637825?s=19
Rated 17 Jun 2014
82
93rd
autumn sonata! Turkish version. nejat işler!
Rated 17 May 2015
38
6th
A monumental piece that's hard to digest because of it's pacing and density. A harsh character study driven by its dialogues, slowly reveals the heart and soul of these complex individuals. Unfortunately it's easy to acknowledge the quality but difficult to appreciate.
Rated 09 Jun 2019
50
18th
Another boring communist fairy tale
Rated 14 Dec 2014
100
90th
Really stellar. The quality of the dialog and performances alone could have carried this film for hours more.
Rated 02 Feb 2017
85
89th
More exciting than most of the action movies.
Rated 04 May 2017
75
84th
(Viewed in 2015): Winter Sleep is undoubtedly an accomplished work, yet one gets the impression that Ceylan is perhaps relying too strongly on his literary rather than cinematic influences, creating a talky psychological chamber drama ala Bergman with complex characters that nonetheless feels a tad conservative. He isn't as gifted at shooting interiors either, which doesn't help, but Aydin is a typical Ceylan male (stubborn and lacking self awareness) and he is brilliantly portrayed by Bilginer.
Rated 10 Dec 2014
80
76th
Nuri Ceylan is great at immersing you in the existential struggles of really complex characters. You feel trapped inside by the forbidding cold, suffocating alongside everyone Aydin touches. Everything the protagonist does seems to be tainted by an unshakable illusion of superiority and self-righteousness, from thinly veiled acts of self-aggrandisement to forcing his will on the people he loves. Seeing this play out and eventually unravel is completely draining.
Rated 08 Jun 2018
85
81st
"Siz 10 km yol mu yürüdünüz?" "Olsun o da bizim sporumuz."
Rated 24 Jul 2018
85
65th
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Desire-Strategies-Human-Mating/dp/046500802X
Rated 17 Nov 2018
89
97th
Eylul 2018, Kirklareli
Rated 24 Nov 2018
75
76th
A couple of Western (Cannes??) styled intellectuals act out their teenage insecurities against the backdrop of wintery Cappadocia. There are a few nice psychological nuances, but at other points it becomes so in your face that the only thing that keeps it from going totally into Turkish TV drama territory is the beautiful cinematography.
Rated 15 Jan 2019
84
77th
The photography is stellar - beautiful yet humble. The actors all did a truly remarkable job. It's a bit heavy,took me a few days to complete, it felt more like reading a book than watching a movie.
Rated 15 Feb 2019
65
64th
It's slow-paced (as I like it), it has a handful of long and interesting dialogues, and it has yet another handful of scenes where feelings of loneliness is portrayed very nicely. Doesn't stand out all that much from the crowd, but I'd still recommend it - as "yet another" slow-paced movie about the suffering of loneliness.
Rated 20 Mar 2019
95
98th
''aldanmak yaptığımız her işte şaşmaz yargısı hepimizin. her sabah parlak işler tasalar, gün boyu budalalık ederim.''
Rated 29 Apr 2019
100
60th
İnsanın benliğine ayna tutan kesinlikle bir baş yapıt.
Rated 29 Apr 2020
35
0th
Didaktik, yapmacık, duygular sahte, samimiyetsiz, çok bilmiş, çok konuşan bir film. Kendine özgülük yok, halbuki bir sanat eserinin en temel niteliklerinden biri biricikliktir. Ayrıca dikte eden değil de düşündüren, bir olguyu, sorunu tartışmaya açan, diyalektik perspektif geliştiren filmlerimizin, eserlerimizin üretilmesi dileğiyle.
Rated 31 Jul 2019
89
97th
"Seni her dakika, her saniye özlüyorum. Ama gururum el vermediği için hiçbir zaman söyleyemiyorum. Senden ayrılmanın benim için ne derece korkunç hatta olanaksız olduğunu çok iyi biliyorum. Tıpkı artık beni sevmediğini bildiğim gibi. Biliyorum, eski günlere dönemeyiz. Gerek de yok buna. Beni bir uşağın gibi, bir kölen gibi yanına al."
Rated 15 Sep 2019
90
94th
Aquário
Rated 02 Jun 2020
70
57th
+5 Oyunculuk, +5 Diyaloglar, +5 Ortam, +5 Çekimler, +5 Tavsiye edilir, -5 Uzun
Rated 07 Apr 2020
45
45th
Instead of Cheylan's thoughts and ideas arising organically from narration and history, are "taught" almost literally through endless scenes of dialogue that revolve consistently around the same themes, often depleting your stamina.Somehow the film plunges into a verbalistic theatricality.
Rated 21 Sep 2020
90
94th
21.09.2020 İstanbul Kartal
Rated 31 Aug 2020
100
98th
If you ask me "what is your 5 favorite film" I will answer this 5 question as Winter Sleep. And 6 will be the behind the camera footages of Winter Sleep. Ceylan reflected the loneliness in a way that it can not be put in to words. Also Schubert was an excellent choice for this movie I can not imagine this movie with out Schubert Sonata # 20
Rated 03 Feb 2021
2
31st
Another failed attempt by NBC. those cheap, showboaty, plastic dialogues, my god.....
Rated 10 Jun 2021
100
95th
Bu filmde yaklaşık 15 - 20 dakika süren Haluk Bilginer ile Demet Akbağ'ın karşılıklı oynadığı bir sahne var ki, sadece Türk sinema tarihinin değil, dünya sinema tarihinin de en iyi sahnelerinden biri.
Rated 14 Jun 2021
80
80th
Aydin: "Justice doesn't even exist in nature, why should it exist here?"
Rated 03 Oct 2021
96
92nd
Languid, seductive epic whose slow and careful pacing gives ample room for this apparently bland cast of characters to reveal their depths and neuroses - like THE SHINING without the axe, (and with an equally forbidding, impressive hotel setting) it's morbidly fascinating to see Bilginer and Sözen's relationship implode on itself, amongst Bilginer's supposed intellectual and "enlightened" outlook. Great stuff and petition for a Mike Leigh remake with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones!
Rated 16 Oct 2021
74
82nd
Very engaging, which is difficult for a three hour plus movie.
Rated 22 Oct 2021
68
10th
Oyunculuklar muhteşem, hikaye güzel, mekan güzel. Ancak benim için fazla uzun ve sıkıcı geldi. Birkaç günde zor bitirdim
Rated 23 Jan 2024
15
1st
I added a couple points for the really good end shot and mostly my relief that this drag was over.

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