Winter of Discontent: The Pensive Theatre of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep

Resonant with the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Dostoevsky, this Palme d'Or–winning film tackles the themes of intellectualism, delusion and class conflict through the story of a man's waning existence in an isolated wintry outpost, writes Gabrielle O'Brien.

Additional keywords: Turkish new wave, elitism.