The film focuses on a dejected school teacher frustrated with his life in a remote Anatolian village.
Turkish actress Merve Dizdar won the Best Actress award for her role in About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Ustune), by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, at Cannes Film Festival.
Dizdar became the first Turkish actress to win the award.
She plays a former activist rebuilding her life after having her leg amputated from a bombing.
The drama focuses on a young teacher who hopes to be appointed to the Turkish metropolis Istanbul after his mandatory assignment at a small village in eastern Turkiye.
Shot in Ceylan’s visually arresting style, it looks at teacher-pupil relations and the roots of political engagement.
The film, jointly produced by the Turkish public broadcaster TRT and ARTE France, premiered Friday. The film stars Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici and Ece Bağcı.
