The Netflix series The Museum of Innocence, adapted from Orhan Pamuk’s novel of the same name and starring Selahattin Paşalı and Eylül Lize Kandemir, premiered this evening at a special gala held at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus.
The event was attended by author Orhan Pamuk, producer Kerem Çatay, director Zeynep Günay, screenwriter Ertan Kurtulan, and the series’ lead actors Selahattin Paşalı and Eylül Lize Kandemir. Drawing significant attention from members of the press and invited guests, the evening marked a prestigious launch that brought together the worlds of literature and television to celebrate the highly anticipated adaptation.
The evening was also attended by members of the series’ cast, including Oya Unustası, Tilbe Saran, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Hasan Erdem, Zeynep Dinsel, Tolga İskit, Onur Ünsal, Jessica Taşçı, Enes Danış, Eren Kabatepe, Aybike Turan, Tayfun Gül, Cem Bayurgil, Tugay Erdoğan, Ahmet Yalçın, Neslihan Arslan, Bora Akın, and Cansel Elçin.
Held at the Hilton, a location frequently featured in the novel and one of the story’s key settings, the premiere welcomed numerous figures from the worlds of art and cinema. During the special screening, guests watched the first two episodes of the series.
The Museum of Innocence will launch worldwide on Friday, Feb. 13, exclusively on Netflix.
About The Museum of Innocence
Adapted from Orhan Pamuk’s internationally acclaimed novel, The Museum of Innocence tells the turbulent love story of Kemal, a member of one of Istanbul’s wealthy families, and his distant, impoverished relative Füsun, beginning in the 1970s. Defying everyone around him for the sake of his feelings, Kemal begins collecting objects that bear traces of Füsun: her earrings, her hairpins, even the cigarette butts she leaves behind. Is love an accident that befalls us, a consuming obsession and a source of pain that drives us off our path or is it an innocent and profound happiness?
Click here to read our interview with Zeynep Günay.
Click here to read our interview with Selahattin Paşalı and Eylül Lize Kandemir.
Click here to read our interview with Ahmet Sesigürgil and Murat Güney.
