An epic and rigorous tale of a night and day in a murder investigation, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia is a beautifully photographed crime drama about police and prosecutors locating a buried body through one long night in the Anatolian steppes. In the short prologue three men are drinking and talking. Then a convoy of cars is travelling around the countryside at night as one of the men seen earlier is trying to remember where a body was buried. After several false leads and a rest in a remote village, the body is finally discovered early the next morning. In the course of the long investigation the characters and hidden thoughts of the main protagonists are gradually themselves exhumed.
An epic and rigorous tale of a night and day in a murder investigation, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia is a beautifully photographed crime drama about police and prosecutors locating a buried body through one long night in the Anatolian steppes. In the short prologue three men are drinking and talking. Then a convoy of cars is travelling around the countryside at night as one of the men seen earlier is trying to remember where a body was buried. After several false leads and a rest in a remote village, the body is finally discovered early the next morning. In the course of the long investigation the characters and hidden thoughts of the main protagonists are gradually themselves exhumed.
The first feature to be written and directed by actor Muzaffer Özdemir best known for his roles in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's The Small Town Clouds Of May and Distant (for which he won the Cannes Best Actor Award) Home (Yurt) is a beautifully composed meditation on memories and a changing world. Dogan a pessimistic and neurotic architect longing for his homeland revisits the countryside of his childhood for the first time in many years. His search for the familiar however is an elusive one and in this modern technological age he quickly discovers that time which once stood still is now fleeting and that the tranquillity of familiar landscapes is fading. Poetic and resonant Home (Yurt) is a serene depiction of one man's journey to find his own sense of peace amidst the conflict between nature and the ever intrusive modern age. Special Features: Trailer
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