Climates (2006) Iklimler (original title)

Director:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Writer:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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:

Heavy Rain | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Vacation | Thesis | Adultery

Awards:

12 wins & 5 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

Directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Produced by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan	....	co-producer
Laurent Champoussin	....	executive producer
Cemal Noyan	....	co-producer
Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan	....	producer (as Zeynep Özbatur)
Gülay Rosset	....	executive producer
Fabienne Vonier	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Gökhan Tiryaki

Film Editing by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ayhan Ergürsel

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ayhan Ergürsel	....	second assistant director
Feridun Koc	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Olivier Dô Hùu	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ismail Karadas	....	sound recordist
Thomas Robert	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Burak Balkan	....	digital effects artist
Cilek Cengiz	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Betul Bostanci	....	stunts
Mehmet Gokdag	....	stunts

Editorial Department
Sophie Denize	....	digital intermediate producer

Production Companies

• Pyramide Films
• Co Production
• Imaj
• NBC Film

Distributors

• 791 Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Artificial Eye (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinema Without Frontiers (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Contact Film (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pandora Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Pyramide Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• SanartFilm (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Zeitgeist Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Imovision (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Imaj

Also Known As:

"Iklimler" - Turkey (original title)
"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 | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Agri, Turkey

Company:

Pyramide Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.15" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Piano Sonata in F minor, K. 466

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.eloquent treatment of dialogue,scenery,costumes,soundtrack and sometimes visual effects. Another may yet choose to tell his/her story using spare plot,minimal dialogue,long still shoots and creative atmosphere.

Three-time Cannes winner director,actor,photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan follows the second path...

*Spoiler*

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 pass through the seasons in their marriage.As the story 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.

*Spoiler

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