About Dry Grasses is a visually stunning film about loneliness, moral ambiguity, and the struggle of individuals in a trapped society. However, it is impossible to ignore the disturbing romanticization of pedophilia in the story. As a woman, I was deeply disturbed by the poetic language presented under the guise of artistic freedom for such harmful and destructive behavior.
This kind of representation trivializes the trauma of the victims while normalizing a power dynamic that needs to be questioned. Nuri…
