ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s metaphorical road story is a complex mediation on crime and punishment concerned with the search for a body in rural Turkey. As a convoy of police, soldiers, suspects, a doctor, a prosecutor and two men with shovels travel through the beguiling Anatolian countryside a complex web of triangular relationships, deceit and adultary is unearthed. Part comedy, part noir, part ghost story, this beautifully photographed film is a mysterious and demanding work by one of the most original directors working today.