Director: Maurice Pialat
French with Turkish subtitles
“These films offer an insight into the particular relationship between documentary and fiction in Pialat’s filmmaking.” - Museum of the Moving Image
In 1964, Pialat and cinematographer Willy Kurant headed to Turkey, where they produced a series of five lyrical shorts dedicated to the country’s history and people.
Bosphore
France, 1964, 14', b&w
Made for the Turkish Chronicles, a series of short documentaries shot in Turkey, Bosphore is the most classic, for his harmony between voice and image, and the most pictural.
Byzance
France, 1964, 11', HDD, b&w
Byzance uses a text by Stefan Zweig to describe the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453.
La Corne d'Or
France, 1964, 12', b&w
La Corne d'Or juxtaposes a poem by Gérard de Nerval with a powerful study of Ottoman architecture.
İstanbul
France, 1964, 13', b&w
Istanbul takes into the crowded streets and back alleys of a fascinating city divided between continents. Istanbul is one of the six shorts Maurice Pialat dedicated to Turkey.
Maître Galip
France, 1964, 11', b&w
One of the most beautiful film in the Turkish Chronicles series, over the poems of Nazim Hikmet.
Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.
Published as part of Pera Learning programs, “The Little Yellow Circle (Küçük Sarı Daire)” is a children’s book written by Tania Bahar and illustrated by Marina Rico, offering children and adults to a novel learning experience where they can share and discover together.
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.
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)
