Short doc by Maurice Pialat. The first film in the series set at Turkey, Bosphore, is also the only one that was shot in color.
Cinematography
Pialat's only color film—every frame could hang in a gallery.
Direction
No narration needed; pure visual storytelling.

Director
Maurice Pialat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pialat shot this during his documentary period before pivoting to the brutal realism of his fiction films.
The 1964 filming captures Istanbul pre-mass tourism, a version of the city now largely vanished.