Crime and Punishment
Argentine Tales

September 15 - October 7, 2017

Pera Film’s new season kicks off with crime and punishment stories from Argentina. Presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Argentina, the program Crime and Punishment: Argentine Tales is a selection of staggering real-life and fictional stories of crime and criminals. Focusing on the human psyche’s borders, these narratives explore the personal and social aspects of crime within family and society in general. From political gangs to cold-blooded murders, this crime films marathon program captures humankind’s violent tendencies. The program is also a salute to Argentine star Ricardo Darín, the lead actor in most of the selected films of the program.

in collaboration

September 15

21:00 Carancho

September 17

15:00 The Headless Woman

September 22

19:00 Carancho

21:30 Wild Tales

September 23

14:00 Nine Queens

16:00 The Secret in Their Eyes

September 24

13:00 Kóblic

15:00 Eva Doesn’t Sleep

September 27

17:00 The Man Next Door

19:00 Clandestine Childhood

September 29

19:00 The Man Next Door

21:00 Nine Queens

September 30

14:00 Kóblic

16:00 Eva Doesn’t Sleep

18:00 The Secret in Their Eyes

October 1

13:00 Clandestine Childhood

15:00 The Aura

October 4

19:00 The Aura

October 6

19:00 The Headless Woman

October 7

14:00 Wild Tales

Carancho

Carancho

Nine Queens

Nine Queens

The Aura

The Aura

Kóblic

Kóblic

The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Secret in Their Eyes

Clandestine Childhood

Clandestine Childhood

Eva Doesn’t Sleep

Eva Doesn’t Sleep

Wild Tales

Wild Tales

The Headless Woman

The Headless Woman

Program Trailer

Crime and Punishment
Argentine Tales

Presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Argentina, the program Crime and Punishment: Argentine Tales is a selection of staggering real-life and fictional stories of crime and criminals.

Face to Face

Face to Face

A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards. 

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti worked nonstop on his sculptures, either from nature or from memory, trying to capture the universal facial expressions.  

Midnight Stories: The Red Button <br> Funda Özlem Şeran

Midnight Stories: The Red Button
Funda Özlem Şeran

It was a quiet night in the dessert. Even the mice weren’t around. A few LEDs blinked in the dark, and the sound of a fan filled the infinite void. The conversation cutting the silence seemed to go nowhere.