Winter Sleep

Ceylan’s synthesis of exterior (landscapes) and interior (mental states) is typically masterful in the film’s first and final hours...

...what counts most in Winter Sleep to me at least, is not the commonplace sentiments of dysfunction and dread, but spaces between the words.

...it is beautifully written and played, revelling in messy realities in ways movies rarely touch on.

...gigantic setting creates a mesmerising, if slightly mis-matched context for the pain, pathos and absurdity of a sharply observed, intimate domestic drama.

Man får ställa in sig på något helt eget när man går till denna hypernärstudie av ett litet anatoliskt samhälle och dess självutnämnda, bittra, moraliska beskyddare. Men det finns en fantastisk film att möta i ”Vinterdvala”.