Lok Virsa screens ‘Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’

Author: APP

ISLAMABAD: A screening of the Turkish movie ‘Once Upon a Time in Anatolia’ was organised on Saturday by Lok Virsa Mandwa Film Club here at its Media Center.

The screening was attended by a large number of people.

The movie is a 2011 Turkish drama film, co-written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film is based on the story of a group of men, who search for a dead body on the Anatolian steppe.

The film was released nationwide across Turkey on September 23, 2011, premiered at 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it was co-winner of Grand Prix.

The movie based upon some real life events. One of Ceylan’s co-writers was doctor by profession and he had been required to work for two years in order to get the license.

There are some similar events in the story which have been experienced by the co-writer during the period.

The film production was through Turkey’s Zeyno Film; in co-production with Bosnian company Production 2006 Sarajevo and Turkish companies NBC Film, 1000 Volt Post Production, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Imaj and Fida Film.

It took eleven weeks around Keskin for the movie to be completed.

Keskin, is a district of Kirikkale province in Central Anatolia. It was shot in CinemaScope format.

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