| Director | Nuri Bilge Ceylan |
| Genre | Drama |
| Runtime | 150 minutes |
| Supplier | Zeyno Films Ltd. |
| Release Date |
In theatres on February 3, 2012 DVD/Blu-ray available on September 11, 2012 |
Life in a small town is akin to journeying in the middle of the steppes: the sense that "something new and different" will spring up behind every hill, but always unerringly similar, tapering, vanishing or lingering monotonous roads...
Grand Prize of the Jury - Cannes Film Festival 2011
| Doctor Cemal | Muhammet Uzuner |
| Commissar Naci | Yilmaz Erdogan |
| Prosecutor Nusret | Taner Birsel |
| Driver Arab Ali | Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan |
| Suspect Kenan | Firat Tanis |
“'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia': A masterpiece from Turkey ” - The Globe and Mail
“A long night spent looking for a body in the desert sets this Turkish crime drama apart as an exhilarating masterpiece” - The Guardian
“Out of the Shadows: 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'” - Vogue
“'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' Review” - The Montreal Gazette
“Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, a thriller as challenging as Antonioni's Blow-Up, is his finest work to date” - The Guardian
“Mesmerizing Power of Turkish Crime Drama ‘Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’” - Hollywood Chicago
“'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' Review” - Chicago Sun-Times
“****” - Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Men without women and secrets without end” - The Toronto Star