Starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici, it follows a teacher working in rural eastern Anatolia with hopes of moving to Istanbul when he is accused of abusing a student.

It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

[4] Samet is a teacher who used to live in Istanbul but has been assigned to a post at a remote village in Eastern Anatolia for years.

In parallel, both Samet and Kenan meet together, and then separately, Nuray, a teacher in a neighboring village.

The site's critics consensus reads: "About Dry Grasses keeps us warm with dark humor through its unhurried and verbose wintry meditation on the human condition.

"[26] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 26 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".