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About Dry Grasses

7.620233h 17mMovieDrama

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

DirectorNuri Bilge Ceylan
WritersAkın Aksu·Nuri Bilge Ceylan
ProducersNuri Bilge Ceylan·Mediha Didem Türemen

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Cast · Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

DCDeniz Celiloğlu
Deniz Celiloğlu
Samet
MDMerve Dizdar
Merve Dizdar
Nuray
MEMusab Ekici
Musab Ekici
Kenan
EBEce Bağcı
Ece Bağcı
Sevim
EŞErdem Şenocak
Erdem Şenocak
Tolga
YAYüksel Aksu
Yüksel Aksu
Vahit
MCMünir Can Cindoruk
Münir Can Cindoruk
Feyyaz
OAOnur Berk Arslanoğlu
Onur Berk Arslanoğlu
Principal Bekir
YGYıldırım Gücük
Yıldırım Gücük
Director of Education
CBCengiz Bozkurt
Cengiz Bozkurt
Nail
SÖS. Emrah Özdemir
S. Emrah Özdemir
Sergeant
EÜElif Ürse
Elif Ürse
Assistant Principal Saime

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