Directors: Sergey Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze
Cast: Yuri Mgoyan, Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Konstantin Stepankov
Soviet Union, 1988, 74', color
Azerbaijani, Georgian with Turkish subtitles
A beautiful poor artist is banished by the rich father of the girl he loves for a thousand and one nights in order to collect the money he needs to marry his loved one, but not before he gets her to promise she will not marry another one before he returns. The last movie of the tormented by the soviet regime Parajanov, dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky that stood by his side, based on a small story of Mikhail Lermodov, which is as the previous movies of this director, a tableau vivant of traditional symbolisms and surreal fluidity. A medieval fantasy with music from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia.
Free admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
in collaboration
Pera Museum’s Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition curated by Ali Akay and Alenka Gregorič brings together contemporary artists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.
Having penetrated the Balkans in the fourteenth century, conquered Constantinople in the fifteenth, and reached the gates of Vienna in the sixteenth, the Ottoman Empire long struck fear into European hearts.
As the New Year approaches, Pera Film presents an alternative watchlist of 10 movies, ranging from Hollywood's timeless classics to memorable examples of modern cinema.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
