Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Over one long night, a convoy of police, a prosecutor, a doctor and two suspects drives across the dark steppe around Keskin looking for a buried body, then returns to town at dawn.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Night search≈ 00:00:00Steppe outside Keskin, TurkeyStated on screen
The convoy drives from one fountain to the next as Kenan fails to remember where he buried the body.
- 2Mayor's house≈ 00:55:00Village near Keskin (fictional)InferredFictional
The village head feeds the party during a blackout and his daughter brings tea by lamplight.
- 3Burial site at dawn≈ 01:35:00Steppe outside Keskin, TurkeyStated on screen
- 4Return to town≈ 01:50:00Keskin, TurkeyStated on screen
- 5Hospital autopsy≈ 02:05:00Keskin, TurkeyInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 24 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 24 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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