Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Nuri Bilge Ceylan / TR, 2011 / 157 min.
Three police cars drive down Anatolia’s dusty roads looking for a murder crime scene. Nuri Bilge Ceylan doesn’t need more of a narrative for this beautifully filmed road movie, crime story and character study.
Ceylan attracted international arthouse audiences’ attention with Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. The stimulating combination of crime film, road movie, philosophical moments and sometimes bone-dry, humorous, character studies appealed to many. The cinematography of the landscapes the cops travel through makes watching the film a visual feast.
In two and a half hours, the director manages to paint an unforgettable image of a country that tries to unite rapid modernization with age-old traditional values. The jury in Cannes rewarded Ceylan with the Grand Prize, the second most important prize of the festival.
Screenings on 35mm (from the Eye collection) and DCP.
Please note: the analogue 35mm copy of Once Upon a Time in Anatolia has some noticeable scratches, as sometimes the case with celluloid. Alternatively you can choose a (digital) DCP screening from the drop-down menu.
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Details
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Production year
2011
Country
TR
Original title
Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da
Length
157 min.
Language
Turkish
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP, 35mm
Part of
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Eye Filmmuseum presents the first Dutch exhibition devoted to the work of acclaimed Turkish filmmaker and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan. For this occasion, the museum is bringing together his prize-winning films and lesser-known landscape photographs for the very first time. That combination reveals not only Ceylan’s masterly photographic eye and sense of composition, but also the deeply compassionate way he explores universal themes from a Turkish perspective.
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