Young Armenian Cinema - 4 Films by Tamara Stepanyan ( Village of Women / Those from the Shore / Embers / February 19 )

Young Armenian Cinema - 4 Films by Tamara Stepanyan (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Village of Women / Those from the Shore / Embers / February 19
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Armenian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
275 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2011-2019 and produced in:
Armenia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
France ( France, Benelux )
Lebanon ( Africa, Middle East )
Qatar ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Tamara Stepanyan

Written By:
Jean-Christophe Ferrari

Tamara Stepanyan

Actors:
Zepyur Avazyan
Yura Hovhanissyan
Keti Khatchatryan
Ashot Haroutiounian
Klara Prelutskaya
Grigor Altunyan
Vakhtang Harutyunyan ..... Alex
Ofelia Zakaryan ..... Anna

Synopsis:

Village of Women: A village where women, children and elderly reside. Men leave 9 months of the year to Russia to work. Summer, a slow and friendly atmosphere; women do the hay, cut the grass and store for the winter. Fruits will be canned to be eaten during the cold winter. The sun arouses a certain laziness, a sensual relaxation. Autumn, with it's different shades of red, is the season of birth and potato harvest. Women and men find intimacy in the coldness of winter, hence women give birth in October and November. Fathers meet their children in December. Preparations start now to welcome men, waiting is long and tiring. Winter is near, a form of suspense sets in: whose husband will come first ? The men arrive with the snow. The women are shy, they need time to exist in the presence of men. The children are happy to be close to their fathers. Spring sets in, the atmosphere becomes tensed. Men depart for the land of tsars. She is weak and sad, but needs to find strength to take care of the children. Those from the Shore: Marseille, 2014. Dozens of Armenian asylum seekers trying to survive while waiting for their application to be considered. They left behind them a country whose people have settled around the world for over a hundred years ... A country all described as desert, abandoned by its inhabitants, emptied of its life. Forced stillness, impotence, they live in an in-between space: between two countries, between two lives. In a time and abstract space, made of nothing, where their life escapes them completely. By the shore, they float in limbo. Embers: With EMBERS, Tamara Stepanyan's first feature-length documentary, the director seeks to honour the memory of her late grandmother, whom she was named after. Stepanyan visits the elder Tamara's hometown in Armenia, where she spends time with her grandmother's circle of friends, who discuss their memories of daily life with Tamara, bringing to light their ideological and political viewpoints in the process. As the conversations progress, a dialogue emerges between past and present - between the Tamara of today and the Tamara of two generations ago, whose life was shaped by her experiences during World War II. Despite the absence of the film's central subject, her presence is deeply felt through her impact on those who survived her. Stepanyan's mourning the loss of someone close to her heart is acutely apparent; here, she faces down that sorrow with a bright tribute to a wonderful woman. February 19: A train between Yerevan and Tbilisi. Anna and Alex. And a wall. A cold, white wall.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 28 February, 2023.