Turkish movie Winter Sleep wins Cannes’ highest honour

Cannes: Winter Sleep, a film by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, has been named the winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival.

It is only the second film by a Turkish director to win the festival’s highest honour. The film is a sprawling, character-rich portrait of a self-absorbed Anatolian hotelier and his uneasy relationships with those around him.

The Grand Prix, the festival’s second-place honour, was presented to The Wonders, Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s semi-autobiographical drama about a family of beekeepers struggling to preserve their way of life.