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| Turkish | Kuru Otlar Üstüne |
| Directed by | Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
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| Produced by | Nuri Bilge Ceylan[1] |
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| Music by | Philip Timofeyev |
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Running time | 197 minutes[2] |
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| Language | Turkish |
| Box office | US$2.3 million[3] |
About Dry Grasses (Turkish: Kuru Otlar Üstüne) is a 2023 Turkish-language drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and co-written by Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, and Akın Aksu. Starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici, it follows a teacher working in rural eastern Anatolia with hopes of moving to Istanbul when he is accused of abusing a student. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where Dizdar won the Best Actress award. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[4]
- ^ "About Dry Grasses". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "KURU OTLAR USTUNE". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "About Dry Grasses (2023)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ ""Kuru Otlar Üstüne", Türkiye'nin Oscar adayı seçildi!". Al Ain Türkçe (in Turkish). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.