Deborah Ross

Oblique and long but never boring: About Dry Grasses reviewed

That said, I have no idea what this 200-minute Turkish film – in which grass, dry or otherwise, barely features – is actually about

The main character of About Dry Grasses is first glimpsed as a speck, trudging wearily against a spectacular winter landscape. © Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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