
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Aren't most suicides intended to punish someone else, Mr. Prosecutor?
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Release Date
9/23/2011Runtime
163 minsOverview
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
TurkishBudget
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$138,730Homepage
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A nightlong search for a buried body becomes a philosophical excavation of the searchers' own doubts and regrets. This is cinema as profound meditation, where the journey matters far more than the destination.
Mood
ContemplativeMelancholicTenseBleak
Themes
MortalityJusticeIsolationMemory
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticLong takesDesaturated
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm

Muhammet Uzuner
Doktor Cemal

Yılmaz Erdoğan
Komiser Naci

Taner Birsel
Savcı Nusret

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Şoför Arap Ali

Fırat Tanış
Kenan

Ercan Kesal
Muhtar

Erol Eraslan
Murder Victim Yaşar

Burhan Yıldız
Suspect Ramazan

Murat Kılıç
Police Officer İzzet

Şafak Karali
Courthouse Clerk Abidin

Emre Şen
Sergeant Önder

Cansu Demirci
Mukhtar's Daughter Cemile
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