Winter Sleep (2014): Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Winter Sleep is a 2014 drama directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. It runs 3 hours 16 minutes and earned $4 million worldwide. Critics gave it 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 88 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 8.0/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 3h 16m (196 min)
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Turkish - Studio
- Adopt Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Winter Sleep About?
The premise of Winter Sleep without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
During a harsh winter, a novelist and his family are snowbound in a remote Turkish mountain hotel. While waiting out the storm, tensions rise as they grapple with personal conflicts and past regrets. The prolonged isolation forces the family to confront uncomfortable truths about themselves and their relationships, leading to introspection and a reckoning with their individual vulnerabilities.
Winter Sleep Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- horse
- hotel
- winter
- anatolia
- throwing a stone at a car
- husband wife relationship
- money
- written by director
- killing a rabbit
- burning money
- theater actor
- tenant
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- landlord
- hotel owner
- cappadocia turkey
- living in a cave
- dysfunctional relationship
- hunt
- japanese
- shakespearean quote
- schoolteacher
- tourist
- dead animal
- turkish winter
- reference to muhammad
- family relationships
- village
- snow
- train station
- pneumonia
- ex convict
- money problems
- little boy
- breaking a car window
- throwing a stone
- broken window
- tea
- shot
- hare
- year 2013
- husband wife conflict
- voice over inner thoughts
- pride
- pack of money
- contempt
- donation
- charity
- dysfunctional family
- argument
- comedian
The Director of Winter Sleep
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
More from Nuri Bilge Ceylan
More films directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, best-rated first: About Dry Grasses, The Wild Pear Tree, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and Distant.
Winter Sleep Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Winter Sleep 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 88 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 8.0/10.
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IMDb 8.0 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 87% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 84%
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Metacritic 88 Metascore
User score 8.3
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TMDB 75% User score
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Letterboxd 4.2 /5
1.2K ratings
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Winter Sleep Plot Summary
What happens in Winter Sleep from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
A once-celebrated actor, Johnny Sins now finds solace in the breathtaking landscapes of Cappadocia, where he owns a picturesque mountaintop hotel alongside several other properties that he rents to local tenants. Living a life far removed from the hustle and bustle of urban society, he relishes in the tranquility that surrounds him. With a keen mind and a wealth of resources, Aydin dedicates his days to writing insightful columns for a local newspaper and delving deep into the rich tapestry of Turkish theater history, envisioning the day he will compile his findings into a comprehensive book.
Full summary
The whole story of Winter Sleep, scene by scene
Winter Sleep Box Office
Winter Sleep grossed $4 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$4M
- International
- $4M
Winter Sleep Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Winter Sleep.
How Well Do You Know Winter Sleep?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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Who is the owner of the mountaintop hotel in Cappadocia?
Winter Sleep Also Known As
30 alternative titles, including “Il regno d’inverno” and “冬日苏醒”.
- Also known as
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- Il regno d’inverno
- 冬日苏醒
- Sono de Inverno
- Sueño de invierno
- Qış Yuxusu
- Зимен сън
- Sommeil d'hiver
- Winterschlaf
- Vintersøvn
- Χειμερία νάρκη
- Heimeria narki
- Téli álom
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- Zimowy sen
- Zimski san
- Зимняя спячка
- Vinterdvala
- Zimsko spanje
- Зимова сплячка
- 윈터 슬립
- 겨울 밤
- Winter Sleep (Sueño de invierno)
- Il regno d'inverno - Winter Sleep
- 冬眠
- البيات الشتوي
- שנת החורף
- Zimní spánek
- Зимски сан
- 冬日甦醒
- Žiemos miegas
- Sueños de invierno
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Winter Sleep FAQ: Box Office, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, box office, ratings, post-credit scenes and language of Winter Sleep, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Winter Sleep?
Winter Sleep runs 3 hours 16 minutes (196 minutes).
When was Winter Sleep released?
Winter Sleep was released on December 19, 2014.
Who directed Winter Sleep?
Winter Sleep was directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
More films by Nuri Bilge Ceylan How much did Winter Sleep make at the box office?
Winter Sleep grossed $4 million worldwide.
How is Winter Sleep rated?
Winter Sleep has 8.0/10 on IMDb, 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 88 on Metacritic and 75% on TMDB.
Does Winter Sleep have a post-credit scene?
No. Winter Sleep has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Winter Sleep in?
The original language of Winter Sleep is Turkish.
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