Mark Kermode reviews Winter Sleep

Mark Kermode reviews Winter Sleep. This film tells the story of a former actor, presently a small town newspaper columnist and proprietor of a mountaintop hotel, his much younger activist wife Nihal, and his sister, verbal sparring partner and confidante Necla. A seemingly insignificant incident involving the young son of a former hotel employee casts a huge shadow on the failing marriage of the property owner, and acts as a catalyst for a fierce debate over the class struggle that tears at the fabric of his family and friends.
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[@MrJazz24292]

Winter Sleep -- A 'Gathering Storm' portrayed through such 'gentle (yet, robust)' characters....I love the way the plot slowly builds up, the relationship among the characters implodes and the final attempt to reconcile.....Wow! Amazing ! Such a Powerful story portrayed through such a gentle, mesmerising screenplay! The paradoxical approach to story-telling is epic! This movie is "Visual Poetry"! Mr. Ceylan's brilliance reflects on every scene onscreen! Show less REPLY

[@BiplabDasWriter]

Winter Sleep is an extremely good movie. It feels like reading a novel.

[@albertfish1227]

That director is a gem of the Turkish Cinema ..

[@rosie811honey]

Thank you very much for you're reviews as you have taught me not to trust a movie by it's name or cover,some of the movies i have enjoyed the most i have avoided watching for a few years because i thought they looked a bit boring but they turned out to be absolutely amazing when i gave them a chance .

[@cathalmacsiurdain7762]

The scene with the three lads drunk is brilliant. Great cinema. And I still have to watch Once upon a Time....

[@SomeSunshineOutside]

The director, the title and the length was all I needed to watchlist this.

[@SomeSunshineOutside]

It happened to run at my local cinema to my pleasant surprise, so I went and watched it right away. Now I can really agree with Mark's words on this. The conversations between the characters in the film were very compelling to follow, and went deeper than I've seen any film do this year. On par with Bergman IMHO.

[@79waz]

Watch Anatolia next Nathan

[@Onmysheet]

Great film! And does the lead actress looks a lot like Oona Chaplin?

[@PauLtus_B]

Sounds interesting...

[@dinoBMXidiot]

some dialogs where exausting (& no, I am not refering to the subs reading) they where far too long and went in a circleto to a point where it comes across as pretentious (maybe purposly). and yes,I agree that the movie whent from this grand sceneries to just room enviroments to have even MORE LONG DIALOGS take place.

[@godtshep6381]

It sounds to me like a Bela Tarr film.

[@lewiscranston881]

sounds good then!

[@WhiteAntelope7]

No mention of animal cruelty?