Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
- Original title
- Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
- Directed by
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 541 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of men, including police and a doctor, drive through the Anatolian countryside at night looking for a buried corpse. They stop at a village and then continue searching in the daylight. The film focuses on the long waiting and conversation among the characters.
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What happens
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a group of men who search for a dead body on the Anatolian steppe. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 23 September 2011 (2011-09-23), premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a co-winner of the Grand Prix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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