'' Once Upon a Time in Anatolia '' ( ) is a 2011 internationally co-produced drama film , co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan based on the true experience of one of the film 's writers , telling the story of a group of men who search for a dead body on the Anatolian steppe . The film , which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it was a co-winner of the Grand Prix
2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia