Chroniques Turques (4 courts métrages : Corne d'Or, Istanbul, Byzance, Maître Galip)

4 short-lenght documentariesLA CORNE D'OR 13'Over the crowded streets rise the monuments of Istanbul. The powerful architecture of these Ottoman sanctuaries and their numerous domes and minarets catch the eye in every direction.ISTANBUL 13'A strange, diverse, bustling city, divided onto two continents. The camera winds its way among the crowd, along empty alleys, into modern neighbourhoods.BYZANCE 11'1453 – Byzance, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Janissaries of Mohammed II. The camera tells of the siege, the battle, the fall and sacking of the city.MAÎTRE GALIP 11'Turkish childhood. Children's faces hungry with need or weary and accustomed to misery. Worried adolescent faces, faces of men exhausted by life. Over these images is read a poem by Nazim Hikmet.