Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Released
- 2011
- Country
- Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Details
Release year: 2011
Storyline
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Top credits
- Muhammet Uzuner — Doctor Cemal
Yılmaz Erdoğan — Commissar Naci
Taner Birsel — Prosecutor Nusret
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan — Driver Arab Ali
Did you know
• The anecdote about the sudden death of a woman told by prosecutor Nusret and the doctor's deduction come from the short story The Examining Magistrate by Russian writer Anton Chekhov.
• Ercan Kesal, playing the Mukhtar in the movie, is a medical doctor in his real life. His real life experience as a doctor in the Anatolian town where the movie was also shot had inspired the director and the scriptwriter, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, to make the movie.
• The movie premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it was a co-winner of the Grand Prix.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $152,408
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $10,952 (2012-01-08)
User reviews
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- Color
- Color
