"Wintersleep" is, like so many other films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a relationship drama.
Aydin (Haluk Bilginer) is a retirered actor who has returned to his hometown. He has inherited some houses, that he rents to locals. Aydin is married to the much younger Nihal (Melisa Sözen).
Much of the film consists of dialogues between Aydin and Nihal.
Nihal accuses Aydin of being a limousine liberal. Socially inspired as an actor, heartless as a landlord.
Aydin accuses Nihal of being naive in her welfare work. The intentions are good, the results are sometimes counterproductive.
Both accusations contain an element of truth.
The problem of this movie is not that it contains so much dialogue, the problem is the static way in which this dialogue is portrayed. In one scene Aydin does not have a discussion with his wife but with his friends during a reunion meal. When the evening progresses and everyone has had a few glasses of wine, the debate grows more intense and dynamic. If the conversations of Aydin and Nihal had been as intense it surely would have benefited the film.
Aydin (Haluk Bilginer) is a retirered actor who has returned to his hometown. He has inherited some houses, that he rents to locals. Aydin is married to the much younger Nihal (Melisa Sözen).
Much of the film consists of dialogues between Aydin and Nihal.
Nihal accuses Aydin of being a limousine liberal. Socially inspired as an actor, heartless as a landlord.
Aydin accuses Nihal of being naive in her welfare work. The intentions are good, the results are sometimes counterproductive.
Both accusations contain an element of truth.
The problem of this movie is not that it contains so much dialogue, the problem is the static way in which this dialogue is portrayed. In one scene Aydin does not have a discussion with his wife but with his friends during a reunion meal. When the evening progresses and everyone has had a few glasses of wine, the debate grows more intense and dynamic. If the conversations of Aydin and Nihal had been as intense it surely would have benefited the film.