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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
(2011)
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Cast
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Doctor Cemal
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Commissar Naci
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Taner Birsel | ... |
Prosecutor Nusret
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| Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan | ... |
Driver Arab Ali
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| Firat Tanis | ... |
Suspect Kenan
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Ercan Kesal | ... |
Mukhtar
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Erol Erarslan | ... |
Murder Victim Yasar
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Ugur Aslanoglu | ... |
Courthouse Driver Tevfik
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Murat Kiliç | ... |
Police Officer Izzet
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Safak Karali | ... |
Courthouse Clerk Abidin
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Emre Sen | ... |
Sergeant Onder
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Burhan Yildiz | ... |
Suspect Ramazan
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Nihan Okutucu | ... |
Yasar's wife Gülnaz
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Cansu Demirci | ... |
Mukhtar's Daughter Cemile
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Kubilay Tunçer | ... |
Autopsy Technician Sakir
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Storyline
In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Language:
TurkishRelease Date:
23 September 2011 (Turkey) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
$10,652 (USA) (6 January 2012)Gross:
$138,730 (USA) (1 June 2012)Company Credits
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I've just watched Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Very courageous naming after Sergio Leone's masterpieces. But definitely it deserves that.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan has always been one of my living cinema idols. I know many young people in Turkey inspired by his cinema, and wanted to make their own films. He has affected a whole generation of new filmmakers, both in and outside Turkey. Not because he won a Grand Prix in Cannes with his film Distant that he shot with 3-4 people of crew, but because we can actually feel the essence of cinema in his films.
I think these are enough to tell you about my admiration to him. But this film I've watched tonight was a true surprise for me. Its his best work so far, and was very pleasant to watch in spite of its long runtime.
To me, its one of the achievements in the world cinema in the last few years.
Unlike to his previous films, I see real mastery this time. He was not experimenting , not learning to direct, not trying to make a good movie out of nothing, but was exactly knowing what he does.
The acting was superb. All the leading actors had great performances. As a guy from Turkey I can say that every single moment was so much real.
All these tensions in real life situations and the subtle humor in the background. I think it has the true value of NBC's films.
For a film lover there there are some films in the world, always made by some exceptional directors, that shows you the true beauty of cinema. These are not average art-house films, nor anything you watch for having some good time. These films are more like some religious rituals or spiritual experience. Not because they are mystical or having some spiritual moments, but just because they respect cinema so much and make it a sacred art form.
This film was one of those rare films that reminds me why I love cinema that much..