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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA)

World Cinema

Turkey, Bosnia / 2011 / 157 min. / DCP / Turkish / English subtitles

Director's Bio

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and studied cinema at Mimar Sinan University. His films include THE SMALL TOWN, CLOUDS OF MAY and DISTANT, which won the Grand Prix and the Best Actor prize for its two male leads at the Cannes Film Festival. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA won cannes’ Grand Prix award in a shared win with THE KID WITH A BIKE by the Dardenne Brothers.

Screenings

Egyptian-Rigler

11/6/2011, 1:30 PM

Chinese 1

11/10/2011, 3:45 PM

Film Description

Turkey's Official Foreign-Language Oscar Submission

A suspect has confessed to murder. All that remains is for him to take the police to the victim's body. This journey begins a long odyssey across the rolling countryside as it becomes clear that the confessed killer can't remember where he left the dead body. As we watch the detectives unravel this seemingly simple case, small clues come into focus, hinting at widespread corruption in the police force and possibly something much more sinister. The latest film from Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA is a slow-burning and far from routine police procedural. Ceylan uses expansive cinematic space to draw the audience into the film's tightly focused thesis. For cinephiles who love piecing together difficult puzzle films, this labyrinthine tale will prove one of the most challenging delights of the year.

-Lane Kneedler

Cast and Crew

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenwriter: Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer: Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan
Director of Photography: Gokhan Tiryaki
Editor: Bora Goksingol, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan,Taner Birsel, A. Mumtaz Taylan, Ercan Kesal

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