"Once Upon a Time in Asia Minor": There is always some silence in thought

In the dark countryside, on the curving slope, the lights of three cars flashed, driving and stopping, stopping and driving. A group of police officers, two criminals, and a doctor seemed to be looking for the location of the earlier crime. In the car, everyone chatted about their parents, complaining about the helplessness of life and the difficulties of the road. After changing a few places, the angry sheriff finally broke out, and unreservedly vented his anger on the criminal's face. When I stopped at the village chief's house halfway, I had a delicious meal while listening to the village chief's complaints about affairs. During the sudden power outage, everyone admired the beautiful cheeks of the village chief's daughter. The prosecutor and the doctor continued to discuss the process of a woman's bizarre death. In the end, the crime scene was found, the buried body was dug up, and it took great effort to pull it back to the case handling site. Family members were comforted, the autopsy was recognized, and all official procedures were followed step by step. After a whole night of experience, the doctor turned his back to the corpse tiredly, and looked out the window in deep thought.

The film was directed by Turkish director Nuri Big Ceylan. After becoming famous overseas with "Three Monkeys", this film is shot again this time. This film is also like the atmosphere scene of "Three Monkeys". The Homicide continues to explore all aspects of life and society. In a plot that takes place in almost 12 hours, where did the case come from and how it will end in the end, this is not the focus of the director's performance. The audience can only use the words and expressions of the characters to figure out the cause and effect, as if acting as a once Temporary attendant, came in a hurry and left inexplicably. The sheriff who complained about his family life, the prosecutor who was puzzled by the mysterious death of his wife, the doctor who was worried about his personal life, and the criminal who was full of grief. In the more than 2 hours of watching the movie, it seems that a story is actually a documentary, allowing everyone to come into contact with a group of people and things that seem unfamiliar and familiar, so as to leave their own different levels of thinking, showing the depth and extraordinaryness of the film charm.

Audiences who have no life experience and do not like to pay attention to other people's lives will be bored by the too slow and boring scenes in the film. A car that drives slowly in the dark, an apple that rolls down a stream for a long time, a criminal who doesn't know what to say, a silent criminal, a doctor with blood stains on his face and deep thinking. What does the director want to pay attention to, why not talk about it happily. Perhaps this is life. Everyone's troubled lives collide inadvertently, creating ripples that connect everyone's bad situation. After being judged by the audience, what remains is only a touch of peace.

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