Dry Herbs, which was presented in competition at the recent Cannes Film Festival, opens in theaters today. If Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is used to making critically acclaimed films, this new drama is no exception to the rule: it has an average rating of 4/5 from 28 critics on AlloCiné.
In comparison, Le Poirier Sauvage (2018) also received a 4/5. The 2014 Palme d’Or winner, Winter Sleep, averages 3.8/5. Elsewhere, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) is rated 3.7/5, Three Monkeys (2009) 3.5/5, Les Climats (2007) 4.1/5, Uzaki (2004) 4/5 and Clouds of May (2001) 4.3/5.
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There are thirteen young teachers in a remote village in Anatolia. While he waits for several years to move to Istanbul, a series of events make him lose all hope. Until he meets a young teacher like him, Nurei…
What does the press think?
According to the part of the gang:
“With Dry Herbs, Nouri Bilge Ceylan proves once again that he is a great filmmaker of human horror and inwardness.” (Olivier Bombarda) 5/5
According to the positive:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ninth feature film, Dry Herbs, concludes a cycle of three films dedicated to the three ages of the lives of intellectuals doomed to a leap of fortune in the remote regions of Turkey. (Jean Dominique Nutens) 5/5
According to Cahiers du Cinema:
“The top of the dry herbs might be sustained by a little mute reframing, with a breath one knows where it comes from, that slightly flutters a woman’s hair at an indecent dinner. It is from this plasticity. that the film attracts its grace”. (Josue Morel) 5/5
According to the cross:
“Winning Palme d’Or 2014 for Winter Sleep, the Turkish director signs a melancholic and charming film about the mood of a teacher assigned to a village in eastern Anatolia.” (Celine Rudden) 4/5
According to Western France:
“A masterful mural.” (Thierry Chez) 4/5
According to La Voix du Nord:
Turk Nuri Bilge Ceylan explores an isolated society and signs off on a tough quasi-philosophical resume, but with dizzying density. (Christophe Caron) 4/5
According to Paris Match:
“Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s gesture is so believable, her line so assured, that we can only admire how she brings us into the bleak and snowy everyday life of Samet, the wonderfully unsympathetic anti-hero of her new feature film.” (Yannick Well) 4/5
According to aSee-aLire.com:
“The main work of the Cannes competition performed by an actor: Deniz Celiloğlu.” (Laurent Cambon) 4/5
- ‘To all the women who struggle to exist in this world’: The Cannes Award-winning Dry Herbs actress is one of the discoveries of 2023.
According to Liberation:
“In his latest film about a disillusioned schoolteacher in rural Anatolia, Turk continues his work as a moralist bent on human folly. Subtle yet tough.” (Sandra Onana) 4/5
According to Le Parisien:
“The imagery is beautiful, the commentary on the darkness of the human soul will resonate with some viewers…provided you’re willing to spend 3hrs.17 with this unsympathetic and twisted character.” (era) 2/5
Source: Allocine
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