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    Film about Parajanov was shown for the first time in Yerevan

    http://armenpress.am/eng/print/726101/film-about-parajanov-was-shown-for-the-first-time-in-yerevan.html
    19:52, 13 July, 2013

    YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS: `Parajanov - lover of beautiful' film
    was shown for the first time to Armenian audience on July 13
    closing `Golden Apricot' international festival. The idea of the film
    telling about the last twenty years of his life belongs to director
    and
    the main actor Serzh Avetikyan and Ukrainian producer and director
    Elena Fetisova who is the author of the scenario.
    `Armenpress' reports that before the film Avetikyan came to the stage
    and said he wants to be applauded after the end of the film.

    `We tried to do so that our film does not have borders like Parajanov,' he said.

    In the film lasting 93 minutes the audience had opportunity to see
    Parajanov newly discovered by authors who is beautiful over both
    in the film and in life. The films shows happy years of Parajanov in
    Kiev and then his arrest in 1973.

    In the film Parajanov is shown in quite different, tragic side when he
    remembers his childhood years, his wife and son. `I am ill of
    love towards beautiful,' mentions Parajanov in the film joking that
    without spending two years in prison it is impossible to become
    talented artist.
    Serzh Avetikyan was also a member of `Golden Apricot' jury. He
    informed that the film will appear in September. He assured that in
    this
    film the audience will have opportunity to discover newly Parajanov.
    The film ends with exciting scene when director is sleeping in Paris
    on
    the bench near fountain.

    After the end of the film the whole audience was clapping. Everyone
    was congratulating Avetikyan. Among the people who congratulated
    him was Atom Egoyan's wife, actress Arsine Khanjyan who can not hide
    her excitement and expressed her opinion in French.
    Ukrainian side wished that in their version the film is called
    `Parajanov' and in France it will be called `Me Parajanov -soviet
    artist'.
    The producers of the film also got invitations from many festivals -
    Venice, San Sebastian, Tokyo, Toronto, Monreal, San Paolo and etc.
    The film about `Parajanov' was shot in Ukraine, France, Georgia and Armenia.




    From: A. Papazian
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