Turkish film wins top honours at Cannes
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep – about overbearing man who controls lives of those around him – called “masterful”.
Published On 25 May 2014
The Turkish film Winter Sleep has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Winter Sleep is director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s fifth outing at Cannes.
The film, a dark tale of isolation, is about an overbearing man who controls the lives of those around him. Jane Campion, a film director who led the jury, described the film as “masterful”.
Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle reports from Cannes.