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<i>When I was little,</i>

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<i>during the Soviet Union,</i>

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<i>I adored Thursday evenings.</i>

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<i>Everyone gathered together</i>
<i>around the TV</i>

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<i>for an evening of Armenian films.</i>

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<i>The screen was grey before 8pm.</i>

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<i>At 8pm, the film would start!</i>

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<i>It's strange.</i>

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<i>Visions I did not expect.</i>

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<i>A moment in the shadow,</i>
<i>under the light.</i>

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<i>Follow me</i>

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<i>on a journey into the past,</i>

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<i>in the footsteps of Armenian cinema.</i>

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<i>My Armenian Phantoms</i>

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<i>A film by Tamara Stepanyan</i>

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<i>I can remember</i>

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<i>dreaming of being a pioneer,</i>

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<i>tying the small red neckerchief...</i>

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<i>But my dream didn't come true.</i>

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<i>My brother had the neckerchief,</i>

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<i>My cousin had it too.</i>

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<i>I was very jealous of them.</i>

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<i>I remember that.</i>

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<i>People always gathered at our place.</i>

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<i>They would make a circle</i>
<i>and dance all night long.</i>

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<i>I was raised in a family of artists.</i>

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<i>My mother plays the cello.</i>

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<i>And you, Dad, were an actor.</i>

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<i>I looked at you and thought:</i>

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<i>me too I want to belong to your world.</i>

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<i>But the Soviet Union collapsed,</i>

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<i>and so did the world of my childhood.</i>

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<i>I was 12 when we left for Beirut.</i>

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<i>Far from my homeland,</i>
<i>I became a film director.</i>

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<i>There used to be a city here</i>
<i>in ancient times.</i>

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<i>A big city...</i>

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<i>There were many people</i>
<i>here, many stories...</i>

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<i>The king had a bride.</i>

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<i>When he had to go to war,</i>

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<i>he called his people and told her</i>
<i>in front of them:</i>

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<i>"Wait for me</i>

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<i>"as much as your love will allow...</i>

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<i>"If you don't wait for me,</i>
<i>my victory will be for nothing."</i>

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<i>So the king spoke, and he left</i>

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<i>The bride remained and waited.</i>

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<i>A year passed without</i>
<i>any news from the king...</i>

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<i>The rumor was that</i>
<i>the king was dead.</i>

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<i>Only the bride waited for the king.</i>

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<i>Every evening, people would</i>
<i>see her enter this temple</i>

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<i>and make fire.</i>

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<i>VIGEN STEPANYAN</i>
<i>1952-2021</i>

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<i>I am in front of Hayfilm, Dad,</i>

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<i>or rather, whatever is left of Hayfilm.</i>

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<i>You worked here,</i>

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<i>and so did my</i>
<i>maternal grandparents.</i>

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<i>My grandfather was a dubbing director.</i>

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<i>My grandmother was his assistant.</i>

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<i>During the Soviet Union,</i>
<i>almost all Armenian films</i>

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<i>were produced</i>
<i>in this very studio,</i>

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<i>under conditions of</i>
<i>strict censorship</i>

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<i>for around 70 years.</i>

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<i>"Red Armenia."</i>

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<i>The Red Army</i>
<i>entered Yerevan in 1920.</i>

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<i>Armenia was in ruins.</i>

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<i>Our Armenian nation lived through</i>
<i>a very big tragedy</i>

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<i>in 1915, because of the Genocide</i>
<i>committed by the Turks.</i>

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<i>Films about the Genocide</i>
<i>were banned by the Soviet bureau.</i>

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<i>The Soviet Union didn't want</i>
<i>a confrontation with Turkey.</i>

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<i>But the Genocide has always</i>
<i>haunted Armenian cinema.</i>

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<i>In "The Honor,"</i>
<i>the first Armenian silent film,</i>

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<i>the reason for the</i>
<i>disaster is the earthquake.</i>

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<i>In the film "Why Does</i>
<i>the River Make Noise?"</i>

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<i>Atanes is taken captive</i>
<i>in Turkey during the war.</i>

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<i>The river Araks separates</i>
<i>him from his homeland.</i>

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<i>Under the gaze of Soviet border guards,</i>

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<i>he dreams of returning</i>
<i>to his homeland.</i>

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<i>This scene, with Mount Ararat</i>
<i>in the background,</i>

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<i>is truly mighty…</i>
<i>the symbol of lost Armenia.</i>

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<i>There is nothing about</i>
<i>the Genocide in this film,</i>

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<i>yet all Armenians cry softly,</i>

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<i>while watching this scene.</i>

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<i>The Soviet Union needed 60 years</i>

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<i>to agree to make a film</i>
<i>about the Genocide.</i>

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<i>"Nahapet."</i>

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<i>You really loved this film, Dad.</i>

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<i>Having survived the Genocide,</i>
<i>Nahapet and Noubar</i>

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<i>are trying to return to life</i>

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<i>by forming a new family.</i>

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<i>The fate of the Armenian people</i>

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<i>is linked to catastrophes:</i>
<i>the Genocide, earthquakes, wars...</i>

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<i>It is the history of our people,</i>

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<i>who always rises from ruins.</i>

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<i>Go, Nahapet.</i>
<i>The oxen have stopped.</i>

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<i>Stalin's fist squeezed the studio</i>
<i>tightly for more than 20 years.</i>

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<i>His demand was to make cinema</i>

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<i>an instrument of</i>
<i>Soviet propaganda.</i>

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<i>"Zangezur" by</i>
<i>Hamo Bek-Nazaryan, 1938.</i>

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<i>- Your mother!</i>
<i>- I saw her.</i>

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<i>My wife!</i>

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<i>My father!</i>

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<i>A film about the birth</i>
<i>of Soviet Armenia.</i>

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<i>The national army</i>
<i>attacks communist partisans.</i>

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<i>The nationalists take hostage</i>

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<i>the families of those</i>
<i>who support the Red Army.</i>

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<i>My mother!</i>

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<i>- Until when should we protect the gorge?</i>
<i>- Until the Red Army joins us.</i>

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<i>- We need to retreat.</i>
<i>- Get up! Let's go!</i>

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<i>Stop!</i>
<i>Have you lost your mind?</i>

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<i>Leaving the position means</i>
<i>letting the Red Army be destroyed.</i>

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<i>Do you understand?</i>

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<i>Keep your positions!</i>

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<i>Don't you dare to shoot!</i>

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<i>Shoot, Makich. Shoot, my son!</i>

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<i>Your waters sing to you...</i>

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<i>It was the time of Stalin's great purges...</i>

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<i>The first scriptwriter of "Zangezur,"</i>
<i>writer Axel Bakunts,</i>

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<i>was executed before</i>
<i>the shooting of the film.</i>

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<i>Stand up, brave Armenians,</i>

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<i>so that our ancient land thrives,</i>

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<i>Exterminate the packs of wolves,</i>

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<i>so that our ancient land thrives.</i>

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<i>Look, Dad!</i>

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<i>It's the unveiling of Stalin's</i>
<i>statue in Yerevan in 1950.</i>

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<i>Look who I found!</i>

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<i>Your mother, Tamara!</i>

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<i>My grandmother!</i>

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<i>She participated in World War II.</i>

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<i>She's the only woman here...</i>

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<i>She's standing in the front row, proud.</i>

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<i>Soon you will be born,</i>

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<i>and Stalin will die.</i>

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<i>In my childhood, I used to</i>
<i>sleep next to my grandmother.</i>

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<i>I was raised next to this strong woman.</i>

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<i>In the evening, she would</i>
<i>often tell me about the war.</i>

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<i>She was 18 when,</i>
<i>together with her sister,</i>

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<i>she signed up for the Party to go to war.</i>

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<i>Fascinated, I listened to her</i>
<i>in the darkness.</i>

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<i>After her death in 2010,</i>

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<i>I took my camera and went</i>
<i>to find her war comrades.</i>

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<i>My first film was</i>
<i>born: "Embers."</i>

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<i>Our generation lived in difficult times</i>
<i>during the war,</i>

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<i>but we always kept hope alive.</i>

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<i>We believed, we believed in justice,</i>
<i>truth, Communism.</i>

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<i>We studied Marxism-Leninism.</i>

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<i>We believed in all of it!</i>

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<i>And then, after Stalin died,</i>

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<i>it was very difficult for us.</i>

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<i>We were suffering:</i>

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<i>how could the person who</i>
<i>led the entire country</i>

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<i>pass away.</i>

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<i>We believed in Communism,</i>
<i>and then everything collapsed.</i>

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<i>Come here a moment!</i>

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<i>- What do you want?</i>
<i>- Come here.</i>

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<i>Take a picture.</i>

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<i>Tamara, come sit between us.</i>

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<i>But I don't know how</i>
<i>to take a photo with this!</i>

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<i>Come. I'll show you.</i>

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<i>So you look here.</i>

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<i>It's like seeing Tamara during</i>
<i>her first years in university.</i>

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<i>Come here.</i>

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<i>Do I look like her?</i>

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<i>You look like both Tamara and Vigen.</i>
<i>The look in your eyes...</i>

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<i>Look at me.</i>
<i>Dad, isn't it dark like this?</i>

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<i>Dance, my little Tania!</i>

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<i>In the 1960s,</i>

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<i>a new wave came...</i>

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<i>"Hello, It's Me" by Dovlatyan </i>

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<i>the first Armenian film selected</i>
<i>to participate in the Cannes Film Festival.</i>

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<i>You see,</i>

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<i>this is the feeling of liberty,</i>

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<i>a feeling we have always missed!</i>
<i>I understand it all. You miss Lucia.</i>

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<i>My dears, you shouldn't carry the past</i>
<i>on your shoulders.</i>

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00:22:58,239 --> 00:22:59,560
<i>It's a heavy burden.</i>

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<i>And now what?</i>

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<i>This wave of freedom</i>
<i>reached the Armenian mountains.</i>

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<i>"We Are Our Mountains"</i>
<i>by Henrik Malyan.</i>

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<i>Hello, boys!</i>

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<i>Hello, Comrade Lieutenant! Welcome!</i>

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<i>Comrade Lieutenant,</i>
<i>won't you take a photo of us?</i>

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<i>Why not? I will.</i>

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<i>A Soviet policeman</i>
<i>comes to the mountains</i>

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<i>to interrogate a group of villagers,</i>

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<i>who butchered and ate</i>

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<i>the sheep of their neighbour Revaz.</i>

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<i>I'm going up to the mountains. It seems</i>
<i>some villagers have butchered sheep.</i>

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<i>They are very capable</i>
<i>of it, Comrade Lieutenant!</i>

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00:24:19,319 --> 00:24:21,439
<i>They are useless people, thieves!</i>

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00:24:23,239 --> 00:24:28,159
<i>Take care, Comrade Lieutenant.</i>
<i>They can butcher people too!</i>

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00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,119
<i>A cat for sure they did!</i>

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<i>It's up to me to judge.</i>

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<i>A wonderful scene, where the policeman</i>
<i>and the villager swap roles.</i>

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<i>The villager becomes the judge,</i>
<i>and the policeman becomes the accused.</i>

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<i>I am the judge.</i>

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<i>The accused is the lieutenant.</i>

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<i>I put myself in the shoes of Avag.</i>

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00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,319
<i>If we don't punish you now,</i>

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00:25:11,439 --> 00:25:13,760
<i>tomorrow you will commit</i>
<i>a bigger crime,</i>

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00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,880
<i>and maybe you won't get caught,</i>

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00:25:16,319 --> 00:25:19,520
<i>which is why you should be arrested now.</i>

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<i>Yes.</i>

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00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,680
<i>Please arrest me,</i>

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00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,399
<i>because in prison we</i>
<i>can shower every 10 days.</i>

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00:25:27,479 --> 00:25:30,960
<i>You will give me food 3 times a</i>
<i>day, give me magazines.</i>

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00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:33,479
<i>It's not up to you</i>
<i>to tell us your verdict.</i>

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00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,359
<i>Answer: Do you plead guilty?</i>

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<i>Yes. Arrest me.</i>

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00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,880
<i>The court has decided to</i>

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00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:48,920
<i>sentence you to execution.</i>

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<i>Why?</i>

212
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,520
<i>In Malyan's "A Piece of Sky,"</i>

213
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,680
<i>three prostitutes come</i>
<i>to the city of Gyumri.</i>

214
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,680
<i>The main character is a</i>
<i>naive young man,</i>

215
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,640
<i>who lives with his aunt.</i>

216
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:27,800
<i>He falls in love with one of these</i>
<i>girls and decides to marry her,</i>

217
00:26:28,039 --> 00:26:31,399
<i>rejecting the opinion of Society.</i>

218
00:26:33,239 --> 00:26:35,479
<i>I'll take you home now.</i>

219
00:26:36,399 --> 00:26:39,039
<i>Take your belongings and we'll go.</i>

220
00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:43,720
<i>Home?</i>

221
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,000
<i>Why?</i>

222
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,239
<i>I want to take you away from here.</i>

223
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,920
<i>My poor one...</i>

224
00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:55,000
<i>I don't want you to stay here.</i>

225
00:26:58,319 --> 00:27:00,199
<i>Torik, why did you make the girl cry?</i>

226
00:27:00,399 --> 00:27:02,359
<i>None of your business!</i>

227
00:27:03,319 --> 00:27:05,039
<i>Don't cry, my angel.</i>

228
00:27:05,199 --> 00:27:06,680
<i>I'll take you home.</i>

229
00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:09,279
<i>I'll treat you like a queen.</i>

230
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,560
<i>"A Piece of Sky" would be</i>
<i>Malyan's last film.</i>

231
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,199
<i>His subsequent scripts</i>
<i>were rejected by the censors</i>

232
00:27:22,399 --> 00:27:24,199
<i>and left unfinished.</i>

233
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,880
<i>Our film is about love.</i>

234
00:27:29,399 --> 00:27:31,119
<i>It celebrates love.</i>

235
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,319
<i>It is about the fake</i>
<i>and real concept of love.</i>

236
00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:36,520
<i>It's about the right to choose,</i>

237
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,079
<i>the right to happiness.</i>

238
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,960
<i>And without trying to sound pathetic,</i>

239
00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:43,079
<i>our film is about freedom.</i>

240
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,920
<i>Ever since my childhood, I've been</i>
<i>impressed by the last scene,</i>

241
00:27:53,479 --> 00:27:58,800
<i>when the main character proudly rides</i>
<i>the cart across the entire city</i>

242
00:27:59,079 --> 00:28:02,279
<i>with his beloved wife and aunt in it.</i>

243
00:28:16,199 --> 00:28:21,640
<i>I wanted to be as free</i>
<i>and daring as him.</i>

244
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,920
<i>Sergey Paradjanov was</i>
<i>one of the most famous</i>

245
00:28:50,119 --> 00:28:53,199
<i>Armenian film directors in the world.</i>

246
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,520
<i>An Armenian from Georgia, Paradjanov</i>

247
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,199
<i>together with documentary</i>
<i>filmmaker Pelechian,</i>

248
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,359
<i>was the ambassador of</i>
<i>Armenian cinema to the world.</i>

249
00:29:10,079 --> 00:29:14,119
<i>Paradjanov made only</i>
<i>one feature film in Armenia,</i>

250
00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:17,279
<i>"The Color of Pomegranates."</i>

251
00:29:18,359 --> 00:29:22,720
<i>For Paradjanov, it was a</i>
<i>return to his Armenian roots.</i>

252
00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:28,199
<i>Paradjanov reveals</i>
<i>Armenian cultural treasures,</i>

253
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,079
<i>which were very far from being Soviet.</i>

254
00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:57,359
<i>The film was harshly criticized,</i>

255
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,680
<i>and then the film was released</i>
<i>with editing done by someone else.</i>

256
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:15,800
<i>Under Brezhnev, the rebellious Paradjanov</i>
<i>was imprisoned for 4 years.</i>

257
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:25,279
<i>I worked and suffered under 3 despots.</i>

258
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,960
<i>The despots were in the Kremlin.</i>

259
00:30:28,119 --> 00:30:30,520
<i>And today, perestroika is seeking</i>

260
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,960
<i>the cardiogram of the times</i>

261
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,479
<i>Perhaps a book will appear dealing</i>
<i>with all those years,</i>

262
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,479
<i>like a cardiogram.</i>

263
00:30:42,079 --> 00:30:45,840
<i>The Soviet films of this era,</i>
<i>and not only mine,</i>

264
00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:49,119
<i>are like a cardiogram of terror.</i>

265
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,000
<i>They are cardiograms of fear:</i>

266
00:30:54,199 --> 00:30:56,600
<i>the fear of losing your film;</i>
<i>the fear of starving.</i>

267
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,000
<i>Do you remember, Dad?</i>

268
00:31:18,239 --> 00:31:23,279
<i>Mom and you, you took my hand,</i>
<i>and we went to the Opera House.</i>

269
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,600
<i>It was summer.</i>
<i>It was very hot.</i>

270
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,520
<i>There were thousands of people,</i>

271
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,960
<i>and everyone had cloves</i>
<i>in their hands.</i>

272
00:31:57,279 --> 00:32:03,680
<i>I was impressed by the sight</i>
<i>of so many adults crying.</i>

273
00:32:11,319 --> 00:32:15,800
<i>It was July 20, 1990.</i>

274
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,760
<i>The funeral of Sergey Paradjanov.</i>

275
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:27,600
<i>It's a pity he didn't live to see</i>
<i>the collapse of the USSR.</i>

276
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,800
<i>Will you sign it or not?</i>

277
00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:43,479
<i>"Nostalgia,"</i>

278
00:32:44,239 --> 00:32:48,720
<i>one of the last Soviet Armenian films,</i>

279
00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:58,039
<i>is about Stalin's oppression,</i>

280
00:32:58,279 --> 00:33:02,960
<i>about the tyranny, the</i>
<i>torture, the deportations...</i>

281
00:33:03,119 --> 00:33:05,119
<i>Listen to me, old man.</i>

282
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,439
<i>I've found a way out for you.</i>

283
00:33:10,159 --> 00:33:14,680
<i>You kept speaking of your family,</i>
<i>your sons, your grandchildren.</i>

284
00:33:15,479 --> 00:33:20,039
<i>You will die, and no one</i>
<i>will know where your corpse is!</i>

285
00:33:20,439 --> 00:33:23,199
<i>Come on! Sign it, and that's it!</i>

286
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,479
<i>Will you sign it or not?</i>

287
00:33:27,239 --> 00:33:28,640
<i>Well?</i>

288
00:33:30,439 --> 00:33:31,880
<i>Now that's good.</i>

289
00:33:44,399 --> 00:33:46,399
<i>Put the pen in his hand.</i>

290
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,840
<i>Arakel...</i>

291
00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:01,880
<i>Oh, finally! What a nightmare!</i>
<i>We are done with you.</i>

292
00:34:24,439 --> 00:34:28,760
<i>Arakel, did you find the way?</i>

293
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:43,079
<i>Can you accompany me?</i>

294
00:35:25,399 --> 00:35:27,399
<i>In the world of cinema,</i>

295
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:31,079
<i>almost all women were in the shadows.</i>

296
00:35:37,199 --> 00:35:40,920
<i>They glided gently through these corridors.</i>

297
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:10,920
<i>Women worked at dubbing, editing,</i>

298
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:16,359
<i>or in developing labs,</i>

299
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,079
<i>just like my grandmother Rima.</i>

300
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,439
<i>There were no female film directors.</i>

301
00:36:51,359 --> 00:36:54,560
<i>There were no women behind cameras.</i>

302
00:36:57,079 --> 00:37:02,039
<i>Actresses playing lead roles were few.</i>

303
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,479
<i>It was men, who were the film stars.</i>

304
00:37:34,439 --> 00:37:38,319
<i>The first Armenian film director,</i>
<i>Hamo Bek-Nazaryan,</i>

305
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,840
<i>often portrayed women as victims of the</i>

306
00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:48,880
<i>cruel traditional patriarchal society.</i>

307
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,880
<i>She has beautiful legs.</i>

308
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:09,680
<i>No, I think she is bow-legged.</i>

309
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,279
<i>She doesn't limp.</i>

310
00:38:31,079 --> 00:38:33,720
<i>She has good teeth.</i>

311
00:38:44,439 --> 00:38:47,119
<i>She isn't sick.</i>

312
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:55,199
<i>In the film "Pepo," the sister of</i>
<i>the main character Kekel,</i>

313
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:59,840
<i>has to marry a man she doesn't love.</i>

314
00:39:02,479 --> 00:39:05,119
<i>It's her own hair.</i>

315
00:39:37,279 --> 00:39:42,680
<i>The merchandise is good.</i>

316
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,399
<i>Bek-Nazaryan's cinema</i>
<i>was profoundly feminist.</i>

317
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:03,800
<i>He had a unique way of filming the</i>
<i>lack of respect toward the woman</i>

318
00:40:05,279 --> 00:40:08,239
<i>and their desperate suffering.</i>

319
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,279
<i>In the film "The Honor,"</i>

320
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,960
<i>the woman hit by her father</i>

321
00:40:20,439 --> 00:40:24,239
<i>will go on to be killed</i>
<i>by her jealous husband.</i>

322
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:29,560
<i>I am innocent...</i>

323
00:40:40,039 --> 00:40:43,279
<i>In the film "Zareh,"</i>
<i>the head of the village</i>

324
00:40:43,399 --> 00:40:45,840
<i>abducts a woman.</i>

325
00:40:49,479 --> 00:40:52,960
<i>How should a woman who was</i>
<i>a victim of violence be filmed?</i>

326
00:41:03,039 --> 00:41:07,159
<i>How should a woman</i>
<i>humiliated by society be filmed?</i>

327
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:15,439
<i>As a film director, I would have really liked to</i>
<i>ask Hamo Bek-Nazaryan this question.</i>

328
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,800
<i>Bagrat Hovhannisyan's film "Autumn Sun"</i>

329
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,039
<i>is truly unique and appealing,</i>

330
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,079
<i>because the woman dares to rebel</i>

331
00:42:13,399 --> 00:42:16,640
<i>against the patriarchal society.</i>

332
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,359
<i>Since you are standing here,</i>
<i>all ready,</i>

333
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:23,159
<i>and you have nowhere to rush to,</i>
<i>can I ask you a question?</i>

334
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:27,000
<i>A pragmatic question:</i>
<i>You're tired. Why?</i>

335
00:42:27,199 --> 00:42:28,399
<i>Are you starting again?</i>

336
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:30,439
<i>Didn't I tell you to take the horse?</i>

337
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,239
<i>Did I or didn't I?</i>

338
00:42:32,399 --> 00:42:34,920
<i>How would I know there would be</i>
<i>no taxis on the way back?</i>

339
00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:37,439
<i>- You had to use your brain.</i>
<i>- I have no brain.</i>

340
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:39,920
<i>That's why you are where you are.</i>

341
00:42:40,199 --> 00:42:42,560
<i>- Are you starting to fight again?</i>
<i>- You're a child.</i>

342
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:44,039
<i>Do your childish things.</i>

343
00:42:44,279 --> 00:42:45,720
<i>Or did you think of finding a car?</i>

344
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,079
<i>You wanted to sit next to the driver?</i>

345
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:54,239
<i>Good job!</i>

346
00:42:54,439 --> 00:42:57,119
<i>Go on! Shout. Throw a shoe,</i>

347
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,520
<i>so that I can say you are a man...</i>

348
00:43:01,319 --> 00:43:03,119
<i>and not a stork!</i>

349
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:17,880
<i>I've been surrounded by</i>
<i>strong and independent women.</i>

350
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,359
<i>My grandmother Tamara</i>

351
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,399
<i>was a lecturer at the</i>
<i>Polytechnic University.</i>

352
00:43:24,359 --> 00:43:27,399
<i>My grandmother Mimi</i>
<i>was at the studio all day long.</i>

353
00:43:29,079 --> 00:43:32,279
<i>My mother would go on giving</i>
<i>concerts all over the world,</i>

354
00:43:34,279 --> 00:43:38,720
<i>but when she came back home,</i>
<i>I would lie down next to her </i>

355
00:43:39,159 --> 00:43:43,720
<i>and listen to her play</i>
<i>cello suites by Bach.</i>

356
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,520
<i>And you, Dad,</i>
<i>were rarely home.</i>

357
00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:57,199
<i>You were always at the theater</i>

358
00:43:57,439 --> 00:43:59,239
<i>or on film sets.</i>

359
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,880
<i>I can vividly recall the</i>
<i>shooting of this film,</i>

360
00:44:32,319 --> 00:44:35,359
<i>in which you played an Italian mafioso.</i>

361
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,079
<i>You spoke Italian to us</i>
<i>at home all day long,</i>

362
00:44:40,279 --> 00:44:42,239
<i>and we laughed.</i>

363
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,399
<i>You were a rising star, Dad.</i>

364
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,199
<i>It was 1989.</i>

365
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:01,640
<i>You were finding your own place</i>

366
00:45:02,199 --> 00:45:04,640
<i>in this film industry,</i>

367
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:09,520
<i>which revolved around</i>
<i>several male film stars.</i>

368
00:45:27,159 --> 00:45:29,159
<i>My dear friends,</i>

369
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,760
<i>let us drink to our forge!</i>

370
00:45:34,359 --> 00:45:40,279
<i>To our small fire! May it always be lit!</i>

371
00:45:41,279 --> 00:45:45,399
<i>Let the sweat always be</i>
<i>on our foreheads!</i>

372
00:45:46,439 --> 00:45:49,880
<i>May we fight against the fire,</i>
<i>against the iron,</i>

373
00:45:50,359 --> 00:45:53,000
<i>to keep our honour high!</i>

374
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,000
<i>May our arms always be full of force!</i>

375
00:45:58,199 --> 00:46:01,920
<i>With open foreheads,</i>
<i>may we all sit together,</i>

376
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:07,119
<i>and not lower our gaze,</i>
<i>when we look at each other!</i>

377
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:09,720
<i>Manhood! Honor!</i>

378
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,000
<i>And a modest table like this!</i>

379
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,800
<i>You knew them well.</i>

380
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,600
<i>They were your elder brothers.</i>

381
00:46:40,279 --> 00:46:43,119
<i>This is Sos Sargsyan.</i>

382
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:49,359
<i>I remember, Dad, when</i>
<i>he would come to our place,</i>

383
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,520
<i>he would drink to your friendship</i>
<i>and to Armenia.</i>

384
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,960
<i>And then he would slowly say</i>
<i>with a hoarse voice:</i>

385
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:04,000
<i>"My dear little Vigen, bring the backgammon,</i>
<i>so that I can win a game against you."</i>

386
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,239
<i>Please pay attention.</i>
<i>I will now take a photo.</i>

387
00:47:21,159 --> 00:47:24,479
<i>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10...</i>

388
00:47:47,479 --> 00:47:50,199
<i>You adored Khoren Abrahamyan.</i>

389
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:56,199
<i>How proud you were to have started</i>
<i>your theater career by his side!</i>

390
00:47:58,159 --> 00:47:59,960
<i>"The Song of First Love"</i>

391
00:48:00,399 --> 00:48:02,840
<i>is what made him famous.</i>

392
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,720
<i>It is a film which shows</i>
<i>how the career of an artist</i>

393
00:48:16,359 --> 00:48:19,239
<i>can cause a a man to</i>
<i>distance himself from his values</i>

394
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,520
<i>and from his family.</i>

395
00:48:36,199 --> 00:48:39,399
<i>- Quiet! He's sleeping.</i>
<i>- Let him wake up.</i>

396
00:48:46,359 --> 00:48:47,800
<i>Do you want to eat?</i>

397
00:48:49,279 --> 00:48:53,520
<i>Oh, how much I don't</i>
<i>want to come back here!</i>

398
00:48:54,439 --> 00:48:57,000
<i>No one understands</i>
<i>me in this house.</i>

399
00:48:57,479 --> 00:49:00,399
<i>Everyone is unfortunate in their own way!</i>

400
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:03,960
<i>How horrible!</i>

401
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,960
<i>How fed up I am!</i>

402
00:49:07,079 --> 00:49:08,600
<i>Go to bed.</i>

403
00:49:10,279 --> 00:49:14,079
<i>Who are you telling to</i>
<i>go to bed? I'm not a child!</i>

404
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:15,520
<i>Stop it.</i>

405
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,920
<i>Stop it?</i>

406
00:49:18,359 --> 00:49:21,960
<i>Any woman would have been</i>
<i>happy to talk to me!</i>

407
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:23,640
<i>I am an artist!</i>

408
00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:26,039
<i>You should understand that!</i>

409
00:49:26,399 --> 00:49:30,039
<i>What matters most to me is my mood!</i>

410
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:34,239
<i>I am talking to you about art and you...</i>

411
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:37,239
<i>What's all this noise about?</i>

412
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,319
<i>It's nothing, Father.</i>

413
00:49:39,479 --> 00:49:42,279
<i>We’re a couple, we’re just talking.</i>

414
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:43,920
<i>Go to bed, Father.</i>

415
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:48,239
<i>Go to bed? How dare</i>
<i>you tell me to go to bed?</i>

416
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:52,000
<i>Go to bed yourself! And don't you speak!</i>

417
00:49:52,319 --> 00:49:53,960
<i>Not a sound!</i>

418
00:49:57,279 --> 00:49:59,880
<i>What is it?</i>

419
00:50:03,319 --> 00:50:06,479
<i>- It's good.</i>
<i>- Who? Me?</i>

420
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,760
<i>Yes, the colors, looks nice, the camera.</i>

421
00:50:12,479 --> 00:50:16,960
<i>Bro, I'll tell you something.</i>

422
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,239
<i>Film director Tamara Stepanyan</i>

423
00:50:22,199 --> 00:50:27,600
<i>is a big problem</i>
<i>for Armenian cinema.</i>

424
00:51:03,199 --> 00:51:05,159
<i>Do you remember?</i>

425
00:51:06,039 --> 00:51:09,479
<i>When I told you that I wanted</i>
<i>to become a film director,</i>

426
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:14,680
<i>you were very afraid</i>
<i>that I wouldn't succeed.</i>

427
00:51:16,399 --> 00:51:21,159
<i>You told me that</i>
<i>it is a profession for men.</i>

428
00:51:24,039 --> 00:51:26,920
<i>My desire to become a film director...</i>

429
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,720
<i>when did it start exactly?</i>

430
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,760
<i>I was 7 years old when I acted</i>
<i>in a film by Edgar Baghdassaryan,</i>

431
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:03,840
<i>where all the characters were children.</i>

432
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:16,079
<i>I was fascinated by the director's work.</i>

433
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:22,520
<i>He had turned the film set</i>
<i>into a big playground,</i>

434
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:29,079
<i>where we, the children,</i>
<i>were playing a war game.</i>

435
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:37,479
<i>Limitless capabilities and freedom.</i>

436
00:52:43,399 --> 00:52:49,199
<i>More so, the late 1980s</i>
<i>were a dramatic period.</i>

437
00:52:55,079 --> 00:52:57,720
<i>Madam, to which cemetery?</i>

438
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:00,159
<i>The old one, my son.</i>

439
00:53:02,479 --> 00:53:05,199
<i>There was war in Nagorno-Karabakh,</i>

440
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:08,760
<i>and the Gyumri earthquake</i>

441
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:12,960
<i>destroyed the lives of 25,000</i>
<i>people in a matter of minutes.</i>

442
00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:28,319
<i>In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed.</i>

443
00:54:09,079 --> 00:54:11,479
<i>The 1990s...</i>

444
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,800
<i>the first years of independence...</i>

445
00:54:16,439 --> 00:54:21,720
<i>Everyone thought that independence</i>
<i>would bring prosperity </i>

446
00:54:22,439 --> 00:54:25,279
<i>but the opposite happened.</i>

447
00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:28,079
<i>No gas,</i>

448
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,319
<i>no electricity,</i>

449
00:54:31,119 --> 00:54:32,479
<i>no water.</i>

450
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,119
<i>Bread was rationed.</i>

451
00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,359
<i>These were "the cold and dark years."</i>

452
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:49,319
<i>Many artists had to leave the country,</i>

453
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,880
<i>including us, Dad.</i>

454
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,760
<i>Upon leaving my grandfather</i>
<i>and my grandmothers,</i>

455
00:55:06,279 --> 00:55:08,640
<i>I asked them to promise me</i>

456
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:11,680
<i>to write a letter to me every week.</i>

457
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:23,119
<i>I remember the Saturday</i>
<i>evenings in Beirut, Dad...</i>

458
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,600
<i>Armenian artists like you would</i>
<i>gather together at our place.</i>

459
00:55:31,159 --> 00:55:35,000
<i>You would write nostalgic songs</i>
<i>and sing them,</i>

460
00:55:37,039 --> 00:55:39,000
<i>and my Mom would play the cello.</i>

461
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:44,399
<i>And me, I would listen.</i>

462
00:55:58,439 --> 00:56:04,760
<i>The days passed slowly,</i>
<i>and so did life.</i>

463
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:12,239
<i>Outside, the rain came</i>
<i>down with gray joy.</i>

464
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:18,800
<i>The shadow of the candle</i>
<i>flickered on the wall in silence.</i>

465
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:25,479
<i>At night, your open wings</i>
<i>were gently growing.</i>

466
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:28,800
<i>Blue bird,</i>

467
00:56:29,199 --> 00:56:32,720
<i>tender bird.</i>

468
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:38,640
<i>I stayed.</i>

469
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:47,439
<i>Blue bird, magical bird.</i>

470
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:04,439
<i>Mom and you came back to live in Armenia.</i>

471
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:10,520
<i>As for me, I stayed in Beirut,</i>
<i>where I studied cinema.</i>

472
00:57:18,359 --> 00:57:20,119
<i>For my graduation film,</i>

473
00:57:20,399 --> 00:57:22,239
<i>I wrote a role for you.</i>

474
00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:28,279
<i>I came to Yerevan</i>
<i>and filmed you in your office.</i>

475
00:57:32,119 --> 00:57:33,560
<i>How are you, Dad?</i>

476
00:57:37,399 --> 00:57:38,880
<i>Good morning.</i>

477
00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:53,439
<i>What are you doing?</i>

478
00:57:58,399 --> 00:58:00,800
<i>Wait. Wait a minute.</i>

479
00:58:25,439 --> 00:58:30,479
<i>The story of our family closely resembles</i>
<i>that of the Armenian people.</i>

480
00:58:31,319 --> 00:58:37,600
<i>A story of separation, immigration,</i>
<i>and reunion.</i>

481
00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:52,359
<i>"Wine", the first film</i>
<i>by Bagrat Hovhannisyan.</i>

482
00:58:54,279 --> 00:58:58,000
<i>Andrei Tarkovsky was the artistic director.</i>

483
00:59:06,239 --> 00:59:08,720
<i>During World War II,</i>

484
00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:15,079
<i>a young boy wandered around</i>
<i>the train station every day,</i>

485
00:59:15,600 --> 00:59:19,920
<i>waiting for his soldier father to return.</i>

486
00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,039
<i>Vahik!</i>

487
00:59:39,319 --> 00:59:43,439
<i>Quick, quick! Come!</i>

488
00:59:44,119 --> 00:59:48,159
<i>They are waiting for you. Your father!</i>

489
01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:20,119
<i>Dear Sahak, come.</i>
<i>Let's go home.</i>

490
01:00:43,199 --> 01:00:45,600
<i>Return.</i>

491
01:00:50,159 --> 01:00:52,319
<i>Search.</i>

492
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,199
<i>Memories.</i>

493
01:00:59,720 --> 01:01:02,000
<i>Loss.</i>

494
01:01:05,239 --> 01:01:07,239
<i>Oblivion.</i>

495
01:01:30,479 --> 01:01:33,039
<i>Waiting.</i>

496
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:43,119
<i>Meeting.</i>

497
01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,760
<i>Is it possible?</i>

498
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,600
<i>Is it possible to forget?</i>

499
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,880
<i>Is it possible to return to the past?</i>

500
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:14,039
<i>Is it possible?</i>

501
01:02:18,199 --> 01:02:20,880
<i>Those who return are ghosts.</i>

502
01:02:38,079 --> 01:02:41,840
<i>I am Hamo Jalalyan from Dilijan!</i>

503
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:49,079
<i>I am Hamo Jalalyan from Dilijan!!!</i>
<i>I am Hamo Jalalyan from Dilijan!!!</i>

504
01:03:01,039 --> 01:03:05,720
<i>Am I becoming a ghost like you?</i>

505
01:03:12,359 --> 01:03:14,840
<i>What are you singing?</i>

506
01:03:18,159 --> 01:03:22,159
<i>No cross or statue...</i>

507
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:24,880
<i>A simple plot of land.</i>

508
01:03:26,399 --> 01:03:31,359
<i>In a deserted field, all alone in silence,</i>

509
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:34,840
<i>He is lying down without</i>
<i>anyone paying attention.</i>

510
01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:43,399
<i>In his wounded chest</i>
<i>with innumerable injuries,</i>

511
01:03:44,079 --> 01:03:50,920
<i>An invincible tempest</i>
<i>of noble ideas.</i>

512
01:03:52,079 --> 01:03:56,119
<i>No more whispers.</i>

513
01:03:58,039 --> 01:04:03,319
<i>His tired head</i>
<i>on the chest of his motherland,</i>

514
01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:08,720
<i>He doesn't hear the painful</i>
<i>world cry.</i>

515
01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:13,079
<i>His soul is sleeping...</i>

516
01:04:14,159 --> 01:04:20,800
<i>The bright and ardent stars</i>

517
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:25,760
<i>light up his tomb.</i>

518
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:28,920
<i>The smell of herbs,</i>

519
01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:32,960
<i>the odor of incense.</i>

520
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:54,560
<i>I realized it quite late</i>

521
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:57,880
<i>that I had a father in cinema.</i>

522
01:04:59,199 --> 01:05:03,600
<i>Dad, I know you will understand me.</i>

523
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:07,800
<i>I mean an Armenian film director,</i>

524
01:05:08,039 --> 01:05:10,880
<i>whose successor I would like to be.</i>

525
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:22,359
<i>Frunze Dovlatyan.</i>

526
01:05:27,359 --> 01:05:30,920
<i>The Prince of Nostalgia.</i>

527
01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:30,279
<i>Often, Dovlatyan</i>
<i>acted in his own films.</i>

528
01:06:34,239 --> 01:06:39,119
<i>He played the main character</i>
<i>in the film "The Lonely Walnut."</i>

529
01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:45,039
<i>Dovlatyan’s films are like poems</i>

530
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:50,239
<i>about Armenian identity,</i>

531
01:06:52,439 --> 01:06:56,239
<i>about the journey and about the roots.</i>

532
01:07:01,520 --> 01:07:05,319
<i>The ghosts haunt us everywhere.</i>

533
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:24,600
<i>Sona!</i>

534
01:07:27,199 --> 01:07:31,119
<i>In any case, someone comes here regularly.</i>

535
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:43,600
<i>Dovlatyan’s obsessions</i>
<i>are familiar to me.</i>

536
01:07:45,199 --> 01:07:48,560
<i>I see myself in them.</i>

537
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:54,279
<i>Me, who always wants to return…</i>

538
01:07:55,760 --> 01:07:58,520
<i>Having spent years in Lebanon,</i>

539
01:07:58,760 --> 01:08:01,319
<i>I moved to Paris.</i>

540
01:08:06,279 --> 01:08:09,000
<i>I am filling the gap of</i>
<i>being far from Armenia</i>

541
01:08:09,199 --> 01:08:11,720
<i>by making films there.</i>

542
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:38,640
<i>This scene reminds me</i>
<i>of our farewells, Dad.</i>

543
01:08:42,319 --> 01:08:46,119
<i>It was the same scene, in the airport.</i>

544
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:50,880
<i>Come. Let's go.</i>

545
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:55,439
<i>- This is food for the road.</i>
<i>- Goodbye.</i>

546
01:08:56,960 --> 01:09:02,000
<i>Moreover, Dad, he looks like you.</i>

547
01:09:21,079 --> 01:09:25,560
<i>Your friend, director David Safaryan,</i>

548
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:30,760
<i>sent me the making of his film</i>
<i>"28-94 Local Temperature."</i>

549
01:09:35,479 --> 01:09:39,039
<i>It's one of your last films.</i>

550
01:09:46,399 --> 01:09:50,119
<i>It is extremely painful for me</i>
<i>to watch these images.</i>

551
01:09:54,119 --> 01:09:56,840
<i>You were supposed</i>
<i>to act in my feature film.</i>

552
01:09:59,079 --> 01:10:01,520
<i>You were waiting for it impatiently.</i>

553
01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:05,159
<i>And you were proud of me.</i>

554
01:11:02,119 --> 01:11:04,039
<i>Hello.</i>

555
01:11:06,159 --> 01:11:08,159
<i>Have you come?</i>

556
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:12,640
<i>- Are you tired?</i>
<i>- Yes, I am tired.</i>

557
01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:21,239
<i>- Then sleep, sleep.</i>
<i>- I will sleep.</i>

558
01:11:57,439 --> 01:12:00,760
<i>My journey is coming to an end.</i>

559
01:12:09,119 --> 01:12:14,479
<i>Sos Artashesovich, Dad,</i>
<i>I will leave for now.</i>

560
01:12:17,479 --> 01:12:21,960
<i>Thank you for having</i>
<i>welcomed me into your circle.</i>

561
01:12:27,960 --> 01:12:30,560
<i>But I will be back,</i>

562
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:36,159
<i>to my home.</i>