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

00:09:09 Arab, some people have no taste for the good things.

00:13:34 - You mean ploughed? - Yes.

00:18:13 I didn't forget.

00:24:29 I don't get it.

00:30:06 But one day, you may get a kick out of the stuff going on here.

00:36:07 OK. Sergeant!

00:42:09 We've been outside the municipal limits for a while.

00:45:53 Look, Naci. I like you..

00:50:31 Nothing comes for free anymore.

00:55:56 Cola? Give him water.

00:59:35 And when friends like you turn up, it's an honor and delight.

01:08:53 You got to allow for that," he says. "You have her left or right in bed?."

01:13:24 Because it was clear.

01:26:55 Go on, lift him.

01:31:42 ...37 km from the municipal seat.

01:36:43 Put him in a body bag first.

01:41:05 Leave his head like that. That's it.

01:44:53 I say, "You can't fight it. You can't ask questions like that."

01:54:07 Everyone pays for the things they do.

02:03:00 Why?

02:09:17 I talked to him, Mr Prosecutor. But it's no use.

02:15:15 The doctor was admitted to view the body.

02:19:52 The trousers were removed.

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 line02:19:52

Production Record

DirectorNuri Bilge Ceylan

LanguageTurkish

Revenue$138,730

IMDb votes51,898