Winter Sleep (2014)

Kis Uykusu (original title)

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Screenplay by Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cinematography by Gökhan Tiryaki

Starring Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen & Demet Akbag

Inspired by short stories of Anton Chekhov

188 min | Turkish with English subtitles

Guest Speaker

The film will be introduced and given context by Peter Rainey, an SMSA member and cinema enthusiast, who returns to an earlier passion for films as a Program Director for a Queensland Cinema Group, now that he has retired after 40 years in the education profession.

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Classic Film Night —Winter Sleep (2014)

Thursday, 12 July 2018, 6:00pm – 9:15pm

Venue: Mitchell Theatre

Classic Film Night

Aydin, a former actor, owns a mountaintop hotel in Cappadocia, with his young wife Nihal, with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce.

In the winter, as the snow begins to rise, tensions build between the three. The situation is further complicated by a tenant who is behind on his rent, especially when Nihal steps in to try and help.

188 min | Turkish with English subtitles

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