
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...... (Full plot summary below)
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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...
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| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyFaithful to Chekhov, Ceylan spells out nothing except that unhappiness unrecognized is unhappiness compounded, and despite the film’s wintry chill, there’s a thrilling warmth in this struggle to shine a light on life. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughSuch miserable people; why should we care? Maybe because Ceylan does. By staging this petulant misery in a snow-filled world of melancholy, unearthly beauty, he underscores their tragedy. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayThe film serves not only as a mesmerizing escape into another world, but also a compelling, compassionate deep dive into human frailty and self-deception. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerWinter Sleep, winner of last year’s Palme d’Or in Cannes, runs almost 3-1/2 hours. These will be some of the best three-plus hours you will spend at any movie this year. I’ve seen movies half that length that felt twice as long. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsI love it, not simply because I love Chekhov or because I've loved so much of Ceylan's earlier work. I love it because the director, having come into his own as a master international filmmaker years ago, gives us so much to see and think about, so many astringent observations about life's compromises and longings. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThis movie struck me as both Ceylan’s plainest, and perhaps his finest. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirWinter Sleep belongs alongside “Boyhood” and “Inherent Vice” on the short list of the most powerful films of 2014. Calling a film “good” or “important” is subjective, of course, but this isn’t: All three are reaching for the kind of cinematic transcendence that exceeds language, that weaves together various art forms into an ascending spiral of meaning that cannot finally be captured or defined. |
| New York Daily NewsGraham FullerWinter Sleep won’t appeal to action lovers, but if you like endless verbal warfare, this is a joy. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThis patient, beautiful, painful, engrossing film pits husband and wife against each other and their world in a series of extended conversations/confrontations. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsAgain it's glorious; again it's talky; again its insights sear; again its length is remorseless. Again it's the best thing to be seen in any city or country where it's showing. |