Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Name: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Released: 2011
Duration: 163 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Firat Tanis

2011 · 163 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 51,898 VOTES · DIR. Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Overview

A group of men 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 location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about everyday life, which ultimately leads to conversations about their deepest existential concerns and secrets.

Dialogue Timeline - 1,383 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:08 ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

00:09:16 He doesn't know the real thing. What's he used to?

00:13:49 Check for any newly dug holes.

00:18:47 Hey, doctor. My boy's out of pills. I..

00:25:32 They should.

00:31:27 The place is definite now. Not here, but at the next bend.

00:37:32 Well, Naci seems pretty confident this time.

00:42:59 - Dr Cemal, like one? - No, thanks.

00:47:01 Let's not get demoralized.

00:53:37 Mukhtar my friend, the prosecutor.

00:57:16 - Why? - They smell.

01:01:06 What was that saying about having no money to..? Never mind.

01:11:23 They can get terribly gloomy. So the guy put it down to that.

01:17:38 - The smell. - Right.

01:29:46 Let's continue.

01:34:47 Abidin, you've got that word for word, huh?

01:39:40 Seeing as you killed the guy, why go and tie him up like this?

01:43:26 The types I've seen. Man or beast? You can't tell.

01:52:23 - How many packs did we say? Two? - Same as before, two.

02:01:36 - What's happened? - Nothing.

02:06:21 Aren't most suicides intended to punish someone else, Mr Prosecutor?

02:12:52 Where were we?

02:18:55 Shall I cut it?

04:00:05 You did well to find him.

Cast & Characters

Muhammet Uzuner Doctor Cemal Yilmaz Erdogan Commissar Naci Taner Birsel Prosecutor Nusret Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Driver Arab Ali Firat Tanis Suspect Kenan Ercan Kesal Mukhtar Erol Erarslan Murder Victim Yasar Ugur Aslanoglu Courthouse Driver Tevfik Murat Kiliç Police Officer Izzet Safak Karali Courthouse Clerk Abidin

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,383

Dialogue density8.5 lines / min

First line00:03:08

Final line04:00:05

Production Record

DirectorNuri Bilge Ceylan

LanguageTurkish

Revenue$138,730

IMDb votes51,898