About Dry Grasses
Regular $15/ $11 Matinee
Member $11/ $6 Matinee
Genre
---
Release Year
---
Director
Nuri Bilge CeylanProducer
Nuri Bilge CeylanCast
Deniz Celiloglu, Merve DizdarCountry
TurkeyRuntime
197 minRating
RAccessibility
Now Playing!
Nestled away in wintry East Anatolia, public-school art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. Further disenchanted when he and Kenan (Musab Ekici), a colleague, come under public scrutiny, Samet fears circumstances will keep him in Anatolia and his dreams of a new life permanently out of reach. A silver lining is a budding relationship with Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a fellow teacher and firebrand who develops connections with both Samet and Kenan, forcing Samet to confront what he can’t readily accept. Renowned for his nuanced, visually ravishing imagery, award-winning director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, WINTER SLEEP) capstones the film with one of his greatest sequences, a dazzling metacinematic climax featuring an entrancing performance from Dizdar, who took home Best Actress at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Featured Films in this Series:
coming soon
The Metropolitan Opera Live: Aida
January 25
Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles.
now playing
Queer
December 13 - 26
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community.