CLIMATES previously at Film Forum in New York City

“An austere, haunting portrait of a break-up that uses the seasons of the year to reveal the characters’ often unstated emotions. Seemingly simple, the film’s stunning visuals and unusually expressive sound design reveal a far more complex, thoughtful work lurking beneath its minimalist narrative.”
– New York magazine

“Gorgeously composed!” – Jack Mathews, Daily News

“A visually rich portrait of loss, loneliness and remorse.” – Gene Seymour, Newsday

“Beautifully captures the last gasps of a relationship. Mr. Ceylan, who started out as a photographer, has inordinate skill in composing images on the screen. Nearly every frame would make an exquisite still photograph…Captures the impulsive and counterintuitive behavior that is often a byproduct of an uncertain relationship. The chemistry between himself and his wife is palpable. He takes full advantage of his brooding sex appeal while Ms. Ceylan exudes a broad-faced beauty that her husband captures exquisitely…”
– Meghan Keane, The New York Sun

Winner of the prestigious Fipresci Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, CLIMATES is internationally acclaimed writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner DISTANT. Beautifully drawn and meticulously observed, the film vividly recalls the cinema of Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni with its poetic use of landscape and the incisive, exquisitely visual rendering of loneliness, loss and the often-elusive nature of happiness. During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between middle-aged professor Isa (played by Ceylan himself ) and his younger, television producer girlfriend Bahar (the luminous Ebru Ceylan, Ceylan's real-life wife) brutally implodes. Back in Istanbul that fall, Isa rekindles a torrid affair with a previous lover. But when he learns that Bahar has left the city for a job in the snowy East, he follows her there to win her back. Boasting subtly powerful performances, heart-stoppingly stunning cinematography and densely textured sound design, CLIMATES is the Turkish filmmaker's most gorgeous rumination yet on the fragility and complexity of human relationships.

Turkey / France • 2006 • 101 minutes • In Turkish with English Subtitles • Zeitgeist Films

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	a film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
	“Like DISTANT, this film paints a haunting portrait of existential solitude, one in which the images speak louder and often more forcefully than do any of the words… It’s a satisfyingly adult film about men and women and relationships… Mr. Ceylan has clearly been influenced by any number of modernist auteurs, including Michelangelo Antonioni. But while his films are similarly personal, they’re more accessible… The mysteries of his work are those of the heart, the head, the soul.” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times “A poignant, yet hard-edged modernist melodrama! Shifting effortlessly between his characters’ outer and inner realities with a novelist’s omniscient aplomb.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker “Brings to mind Antonioni at his peak! Moments like the two-minute shot of a woman quietly weeping are sublime enough to sustain the belief that you’re watching a cineaste in full command of his art.” – David Fear, Time Out NY “A terrific movie in the Antonioni tradition, CLIMATES confirms 47-year-old Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as one of the world’s most accomplished filmmakers. (An) emotionally complex tale. The tone is pensive and the narrative is fluid. Superbly crafted. A movie of intimate, unbalanced compositions. Several extraordinary one-on-ones.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice
“An austere, haunting portrait of a break-up that uses the seasons of the year to reveal the characters’ often unstated emotions. Seemingly simple, the film’s stunning visuals and unusually expressive sound design reveal a far more complex, thoughtful work lurking beneath its minimalist narrative.” – New York magazine “Gorgeously composed!” – Jack Mathews, Daily News “A visually rich portrait of loss, loneliness and remorse.” – Gene Seymour, Newsday “Beautifully captures the last gasps of a relationship. Mr. Ceylan, who started out as a photographer, has inordinate skill in composing images on the screen. Nearly every frame would make an exquisite still photograph…Captures the impulsive and counterintuitive behavior that is often a byproduct of an uncertain relationship. The chemistry between himself and his wife is palpable. He takes full advantage of his brooding sex appeal while Ms. Ceylan exudes a broad-faced beauty that her husband captures exquisitely…” – Meghan Keane, The New York Sun Winner of the prestigious Fipresci Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, CLIMATES is internationally acclaimed writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner DISTANT. Beautifully drawn and meticulously observed, the film vividly recalls the cinema of Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni with its poetic use of landscape and the incisive, exquisitely visual rendering of loneliness, loss and the often-elusive nature of happiness. During a sweltering summer vacation on the Aegean coast, the relationship between middle-aged professor Isa (played by Ceylan himself ) and his younger, television producer girlfriend Bahar (the luminous Ebru Ceylan, Ceylan's real-life wife) brutally implodes. Back in Istanbul that fall, Isa rekindles a torrid affair with a previous lover. But when he learns that Bahar has left the city for a job in the snowy East, he follows her there to win her back. Boasting subtly powerful performances, heart-stoppingly stunning cinematography and densely textured sound design, CLIMATES is the Turkish filmmaker's most gorgeous rumination yet on the fragility and complexity of human relationships. Turkey / France • 2006 • 101 minutes • In Turkish with English Subtitles • Zeitgeist Films Official website of filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan