Climates August 12, 2011

An atmospheric and incisive portrayal of a couple’s dissolution, Climates harkens to the stately modernism of Antonioni and Bresson. Though the two leads are played by a real-life couple, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan and his wife Ebru, the film hardly seems confessional. Starting on the sunsoaked Aegean coast and transitioning to the bustling streets of Istanbul and a wintry eastern province, Ceylan’s meticulously-appointed film ruminates on the fragility and complexity of relationships.

This film is part of the Once Upon a Time in the Middle East series in conjunction with the exhibition Gifts of the Sultan currently on view at LACMA.

Official Website: http://www.lacma.org/event/climates