
Winter Sleep(2014)
Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.


A group of men 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 location. As the group continues looking and the night begins dragging on, its members can't help but chat with each other about everyday life, as the conversations turn more and more serious, revealing their deeper secrets and profound stories.

Muhammet Uzuner
Doktor Cemal

Yılmaz Erdoğan
Komiser Naci

Taner Birsel
Savcı Nusret

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Şoför Arap Ali

Fırat Tanış
Kenan

Ercan Kesal
Muhtar

Erol Eraslan
Murder Victim Yaşar

Burhan Yıldız
Suspect Ramazan

Murat Kılıç
Police Officer İzzet

Şafak Karali
Courthouse Clerk Abidin
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a drama, crime film released in 2011 exploring themes of buried alive, murder, dead body, doctor, policeman, anatolia, turkey. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it stars Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Taner Birsel. A group of men 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 location. As the group continues looking and the night begins dragging on, its members can't help but chat with each other about everyday life, as the conversations turn more and more serious, revealing their deeper secrets and profound stories.
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