Once Upon a Time in
Anatolia (2011)
Directed by Nuri Bilge
Ceylan this film stars Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel
and Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan. On a dark night in rural Turkey the police
drive round the countryside with a murder suspect looking for a
buried body.
This is a slow moving
and moody film where both the story and direction keep the audience
at arms length. As a viewer we may never really understand what
happened in the events depicted but the film explores a number of
interesting and relevant themes through the conversations of it's
characters. I really liked the cinematography and there are some
great shots of the Turkish countryside but the slow moving and
ambiguous nature of this film may not be for everyone.
5/5
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