"[A]n astute analysis of the modern Turkish intellectual’s place in society, in all its infuriating complications... social paralysis, and self-defeating self-absorption."—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture
"More verbose magnificence from Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who makes three-and-half hours whiz by with this comic portrait of an untreatable misanthrope."—David Jenkins, Little White Lies
"A pastoral masterpiece about Turkey’s contemporary complexities."—Tomris Laffly, The Wrap
A young art teacher is despondent nearing the end of his fourth and final year of government mandated teaching. Desperate to find solace, he pursues his colleague Nuray who is more than equipped to provide the intellectual sparring he craves. Adapted from co-screenwriter Akin Aksu's diary, the film maintains the novelistic hallmarks of writer/director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep).