Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
A university professor and his girlfriend on vacation at a sunny beach decide to break up. He returns to Istanbul while she takes a job in another part of the country. He hooks up with an old girlfriend and they have uncomfortably rough sex. Apparently unsatisfied, he decides to spend his winter vacation tracking down his original girlfriend and convincing her that he wants to settle down. An introspective film that relies on long, mostly silent takes rather than dialogue to convey feelings. I didn't really like the leading character, perhaps that was by design, particularly his final "I've changed" pitch to the girlfriend which rang hollow. True to the title, weather is an integral part of the mood: sunny beaches, a perpetually rainy city and a cold, snowy rural setting.
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