A subdued melodrama featuring two finely restrained lead performances, "Climates" may have its most seasonable reception with the thesp-heavy fest jury. Framed by an opening sequence in a glorious sunny resort (where the couple breaks-up), and a final scene in a dreary, snowy town, (where they finalize their decision), the psychological storyline is thin: A dowdy university instructor Isa (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar (Ebru Ceylan). Self-absorbed and selfish, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.

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