In the 90s, Lena returns to the home of her grandparents in a tiny, war-torn village in Armenia. Read More »
Tag Archives: Armenia
Vodka Lemon (2003) Hiner Saleem, Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian, Ivan Franek
In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower Read More »
Calendar (1993) Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan
A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Read More »
Avetik (1992) Don Askarian, Alik Asatryan, Mikhail Stepanyan, Karen Dzhanibekyan
Set around the central figure of an Armenian trying to forge a life in the West the film offers a series of impressions of Armenian history. Read More »
On the Old Roman Road (2003) Don Askarian, Sylvia Gelton, Pavel Khachatrian, Stepan Shahinyan, Drama
Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the “liquidation” of the Turkish consuls in Rotterdam, and executed them.
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I’m Going to Change My Name / Alaverdi (2012) Mariya Saakyan, Arina Adju, Mariya Atlas, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Drama
Evridika, a neglected teenager, lives with her mother Sona in Alaverdi, a small Armenian town. While Sona, a conductor of a world famous choir, is often away, Evridika struggles with her blossoming sexuality, suicidal thoughts and the search for the father she has never known. Each day she drowns deeper inside herself and sees no reasons to live until she meets Pyotr, Sona’s ex-lover. He will become the key to Evridika’s new perception of the world.
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