Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

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.

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  • middle east
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Actors

  • Firat Tanis
  • Muhammet Uzuner
  • Yilmaz Erdogan
  • Safak Karali
  • Ugur Arslanoglu
  • Murat Kiliç
  • Salih Ünal
  • Mehmet Öztürk
  • Taner Birsel
  • Turgay Kürkçü
  • Burhan Yildiz
  • Erol Eraslan
  • Ufuk Karali
  • Aziz Izzet Biçici
  • Cansu Demirci
  • Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
  • Nihan Okutucu
  • Emre Sen
  • Celal Acaralp
  • Fevzi Müftüoglu
  • Ercan Kesal
  • Kubilay Tunçer

Director

  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Drama

2h 30min

-12

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Turkey
2011
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.

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.


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