Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
| Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | |
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| Directed by | Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
| Written by | Nuri Bilge Ceylan Ercan Kesal Ebru Ceylan |
| Produced by | Zeynep Özbatur Atakan |
| Starring | Muhammet Uzuner Yılmaz Erdoğan Taner Birsel |
| Cinematography | Gökhan Tiryaki |
| Edited by | Bora Gökşingöl Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
Production company | Zeyno Film |
| Distributed by | The Cinema Guild |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Countries | Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Language | Turkish |
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkish: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da) is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film's writers, telling the story of a group of men who search for a dead body on the Anatolian steppe. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 23 September 2011, premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a co-winner of the Grand Prix.