Growing up is difficult, especially if life has surprises in store for you... Pera Film’s new program Growing Pains features films that remind us of the considerable difficulties involved in evolving from childhood into youth and from youth into adulthood, lending an ear to the cries of children and youth of varying ages from around the world.
Growing pains are accompanied by rebellion. While Chiron in Miami does everything he can to refuse the role and the sexual identity dealt to him by society, Toni in another state tries to become part of two different groups at the same time, and Pai living in a tribe in New Zealand resists the patriarchal order all alone. Solitude at early ages may make growing up more difficult, but it may also necessitate it. Paul, who has lost both his parents, is waiting for a confrontation to grow up, while the Swedish girl, left behind by her family when they went on a vacation, or Akira from Tokyo, whose mother ran away leaving her in charge of her siblings, are both forced to grow up in order to stand on their own feet and survive.
Everyone copes differently with growing pains. Ali from Silifke tries to avoid the family secrets that emerge when his father is hospitalized for a whole summer, while Billie from Australia does his best to help her mother who, as he finds out, wants to go through sex change. Love complicates things even further. Living in an obscure Turkish village, Rauf goes on a journey to find the favorite color –a shade of pink- of his master’s daughter (who is older than him), while in France, Damien and Thomas are brought closer by the transformation they share, even though they have opposite characters and belong to different classes.
Running away does not mitigate the pain of growing up; acquiescence turns you into an adult. The 20-something Frances tries to stave off growing up with her colorful personality in a black-and-white movie, and realizes she can become an adult without having to give up her dreams.
Pera Film wants to remind you of your inner child with these touching, warm stories.
with the support of
April 16
19:00 Frances Ha
May 3
17:00 Attila Marcel
19:00 Nobody Knows
May 5
20:30 Attila Marcel
May 6
14:00 Being 17
16:00 The Fits
19:00 Whale Rider
May 7
13:00 Whale Rider
15:00 The Girl
17:00 Nobody Knows
May 10
Being 17
19:00 Summer Book
May 11
The Fits
May 12
20:30 52 Tuesdays
May 13
14:00 Rauf
May 16
19:00 Frances Ha
May 18
17:00 Summer Book
19:00 The Girl
May 19
18:00 Rauf
20:00 Moonlight
May 3
17:00 Attila Marcel
19:00 Nobody Knows
May 5
20:30 Attila Marcel
May 6
14:00 Being 17
16:00 The Fits
19:00 Whale Rider
May 7
13:00 Whale Rider
15:00 The Girl
17:00 Nobody Knows
May 10
17:00 Being 17
19:00 Summer Book
May 11
19:00 The Fits
May 12
20:30 52 Tuesdays
May 13
14:00 Rauf
May 16
19:00 Frances Ha
May 18
17:00 Summer Book
19:00 The Girl
May 19
18:00 Rauf
20:00 Moonlight
May 20
14:00 52 Tuesdays
16:00 Moonlight
19:00 Frances Ha
Program Trailer
Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017. Through the biennial, we will be sharing detailed information about the artists and the artworks.
“The portrait tells us that there is an inner and an outer dimension of the human condition; it provides—or should provide—information about both the physical and psychological character of an individual.”
Our institutions have been stuck on linear Neo-Platonic tracks for 24 centuries. These antiquated processes of deduction have lost their authority. Just like art it has fallen off its pedestal. Legal, educational and constitutional systems rigidly subscribe to these; they are 100% text based.
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