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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Over one long night and the following day, a weary police convoy drives a murder suspect across the Anatolian steppe in search of the body he half-remembers burying, and the men's conversations reveal their own buried lives. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's hypnotic, philosophical procedural.
Why it’s here
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Turkish-language Anatolian procedural and Cannes Grand Prix winner.
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Genre
- Drama · Crime
- Mood
- tense · thoughtful
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- character-driven drama
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