30.05.2023 | Cannes Film Festival 2023
Turkish actress Merve Dizdar was honoured as best actress in Cannes for her acting performance in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film "About Dry Grasses". The German co-production was screened in the official competition section of the festival.
The drama is a co-production between Turkey, France, Germany, Sweden and Qatar. The German co-producer is Komplizen Film, the script was written by Nuri Bilge Ceylan together with Aksu Akin and Ebru Ceylan. Part of the post production took place in Hamburg.
The film follows Samet, a young teacher who is completing his fourth year of service in a remote village in Anatolia and is eagerly awaiting his transfer to Istanbul. He unexpectedly finds himself confronted with accusations of harassment of female pupils. Supported by his friends Nuray (Merve Dizdar) and Kenan, Samet confronts the accusations. The controversial incident starts him on a complex journey into his wounded inner self, which ends with the question of how progressive he really is.
