Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Page #2

Synopsis: In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can't help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Production: The Cinema Guild
  19 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
157 min
$138,730
Website
1,254 Views


I have to be in Ankara in the morning.

You know that. I told you.

I know, but everywhere looks

kind of the same to be honest.

Look, we all came out here

counting on you.

Arab, the guys got left behind.

Can't you see? Give them a shout.

Hey, Hayrettin!

Shape up! Move it!

Quick! Move it!

It's easy to just sit there

and talk.

Right, Arab?

What's that, boss?

I'm saying it's easy

to sit there and spout.

Look, did I give you any guarantees?

Did I? Am I an insurance company?

I take the suspects' statements.

The guys confess.

They say they'll show us the place.

So I say let's wrap up the case.

What else can I say?

The place has to be Girmaakil, boss.

Can't be anywhere else.

Because he's talking about

an old bridge.

Easier said than done, of course.

You attend the questioning then!

First you dump the job on me,

then you give me a hard time about it!

Give me a break, Arab! How many times

have I told you I gave up?

You're stressed out, right, boss?

Just thought you'd loosen up a bit.

Ah, hello? Hello.

It's dragging on, you know.

That's why I haven't called.

You should go to bed.

Tonight's going to be a bit...

I'm saying go to bed. Go to bed.

Sweetie, this. It won't end soon.

Where am I? On the road. In the car

with Arab Ali. We're out looking.

We're heading towards Girmaakil.

Not Diyarbakir, Girmaakil.

Hello?

How am I supposed to call?

Look, there's no signal.

Oh, that.

I was going to yesterday but...

OK, the doctor's here with me now.

I'll take care of it.

I didn't forget.

I didn't forget, dearest. Would I?

What way is that to talk?

OK, first thing tomorrow I'll...

OK, I'll take care of it.

I didn't forget

for goodness sake. OK.

How's the boy?

Hello?

Hey, doctor.

My boy's out of pills. I...

I meant to stop by yesterday

for a prescription, but forgot again.

The wife keeps asking, of course.

- Can we sort it out in the morning?

- Sure, no problem.

Thanks. Let me get the thing

or it won't be...

What's going on now?

Why's he stopped?

What's up?

I always get lost on this road.

Why don't you go first, chief?

You know none of the roads and still

you get to drive for the courthouse!

What's holding them up?

How many times is that now?

Three or four?

I've been counting, sir.

It's five including this time.

Doctor, that's prostate, right?

The prosecutor's thing?

It depends. Maybe, maybe not.

Five times and it still depends?

Well, without an examination...

I get up once a night.

Twice if I've drunk a lot of water.

That's normal, isn't it?

Right, once a night is fine.

Quite normal.

But after a certain age

it's worth getting checked.

You're coming in the morning, right?

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