Iklimler (2006)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Writer:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (writer)

Release Date:

20 October 2006 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A dowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed and selfish, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior. |

Plot Keywords:

University Professor | Adultery | Winter | Bookstore | Older Man Younger Woman Relationship

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ebru Ceylan	...	Bahar
Nuri Bilge Ceylan	...	Isa
Nazan Kirilmis	...	Serap
Mehmet Eryilmaz	...	Mehmet
Arif Asçi	...	Arif
Can Ozbatur	...	Guven
Ufuk Bayraktar	...	Taxi Driver
Fatma Ceylan	...	Isa's Mother
Emin Ceylan	...	Isa's Father
Semra Yilmaz	...	Semra
Ceren Olcay	...	TV Series Actress
Abdullah Demirkubuz	...	TV Series Actor
Feridun Koc	...	TV Series Director
Zafer Saka	...	TV Series Crew Member

Also Known As:

Climates (International: English title)
Iklimer (France) (festival title)
Les climats (France)
Seasons (International: English title)
The Climate (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

101 min | Turkey:97 min

Country:

Turkey | France

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:Unrated | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Agri, Turkey

Company:

Pyramide Films

A Unique Film-Definitely not for all Audiences

A director-as an artist-may choose to tell his story by using different parameters i.e.grand dialogues,eloquent treatment of scenery,costumes,soundtrack and sometimes visual effects. Another may choose to tell his/her story using spare plot,minimal dialogue,long still shoots and atmosphere.

Three-time Cannes winner director,actor,photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan follows the latter mode of cinematic expression and has formulated an attitude/approach where 'how it is being told' rather than 'what is being told' is the focal point.

A sequel to Uzak,Iklimler,very simply is about a middle-aged academic still writing his thesis and his younger wife(director himself and his real-life wife Ebru Ceylan)who move through the seasons in their marriage.As the plot moves on-from summer to fall then to winter-we see the scenery and locations change in parallel with their inner conflicts.The couple cannot reconcile; separation and break-up is unavoidable at the end.

Ceylan,with almost a Tarkovskian approach tells his story in the manner of a true auteur he is.