By Rachel Lee
The Embassy of Turkey introduced the drama film “Winter Sleep” (2014) at the CGV Cine Library in Seoul Saturday as part of its celebrations for the 2017 Turkey-Korea Culture Year.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Turkish-Korean diplomatic relations and is designated as the “Turkey-Korea Culture Year,” the embassy said.
“‘Winter Sleep’ is a 2014 Turkish drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan that was awarded at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,” said Seyla Saglik, third secretary at the embassy.
The movie is about Aydin, a former actor who runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his sister Necla, who is suffering after a recent divorce. In winter, as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also is an inescapable place that fuels their animosities.