---
title: 'About Dry Grasses (2023)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nuri Bilge Ceylan'
released: '2023-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 197
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Turkey'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/about-dry-grasses-2023'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13231544/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# About Dry Grasses (2023)

2023 · 197 min · Drama · Germany, France, Turkey, Sweden

Original title: Kuru Otlar Üstüne

## Synopsis

About Dry Grasses is a 2023 Turkish-language drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and co-written by Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, and Akın Aksu. Starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici, it follows a teacher working in rural eastern Anatolia with hopes of moving to Istanbul when he is accused of abusing a student. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where Dizdar won the Best Actress award. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan)
- **Screenplay:** [Nuri Bilge Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuri-bilge-ceylan), [Ebru Ceylan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ebru-ceylan), [Akın Aksu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ak-n-aksu)

## Cast

- [Erdem Şenocak](https://cinepixo.com/people/erdem-senocak)
- [Musab Ekici](https://cinepixo.com/people/musab-ekici)
- [Merve Dizdar](https://cinepixo.com/people/merve-dizdar)
- [Yüksel Aksu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuksel-aksu)
- [Elit Andaç Çam](https://cinepixo.com/people/elit-andac-cam)
- [Onur Berk Arslanoglu](https://cinepixo.com/people/onur-berk-arslanoglu)
- [Deniz Celiloğlu](https://cinepixo.com/people/deniz-celiloglu)
- [Ece Bağcı](https://cinepixo.com/people/ece-bagc)

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