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Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

Original title: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia · Turkish title: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu
2011 · 2 h 37 min
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CrimeDramaThriller

Cast

Muhammet Uzuner Yılmaz Erdoğan Taner Birsel

Credits

Written by: Ebru Ceylan

Plot

Police, a prosecutor and a doctor search the Anatolian steppe at night for a murder victim's body. It won the Grand Prix at Cannes. English title: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.

Sinekatalog’s take

Nuri Bilge Ceylan follows a police convoy searching for a buried body across Anatolian hills at night. Slow, dry-humoured and beautifully shot, it turns a procedural into a reflection on guilt and fate.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (54,791 votes)
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