I've read a few rave reviews on this one but personally I found it unnecessarily long and boring. We can definitely see the film claims to be deep and serious with the characters philosophizing on life and its values. But why would it matter if all of the characters are acting in a very weird and broken way doing absolutely nothing to make their life (be it in this abandoned Anatolian village or Istanbul or elsewhere) something. The woman is definitely interested in one of the characters romantically but sleeps with his so-called friend, one of the men is betrayed by his friend and keeps pretending that nothing happened, the main character is a child abuser, who tortures people's lives and gets away with it (and at the same time keeps pondering about life, hope and hopelessness). There is no metamorphosis. Does it mean there's no hope? Is that the idea?
Review of About Dry Grasses
