The read
It runs a compact 11m.
Synopsis
Maître Galip is the most poetic and powerful of Pialat's Turkish Chronicles, using the poems of Nazim Hikmet to accompany a series of evocative images of ordinary working class people in Istanbul. This was the film that Pialat himself claimed was the most complete realization of what he was aiming for with his Turkish documentaries. It's not difficult to see why this was his favorite: here he abandons the historical commentary and documentary observation of the other shorts in favor of an emotional emphasis on the lives of the poor and the unemployed.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice PialatDirector
- Nazım Hikmet RanWriter
Cast
- André ReybazNarrator
Themes
turkey