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Turkish director's Armenian Genocide film premieres in Yerevan
19:15, 30 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Renowned Turkish film director Fatih Akin was in Yerevan today to
present his film on the Armenian Genocide - The Cut.
The main figure is Nazaret Manoogian, played by Tahar Rahim, an
Armenian blacksmith who is separated from his wife and young twin
daughters in the middle of the night by Turkish soldiers, who take him
to a work camp, after which his town is cleared of Armenians.
He survives the forced labor in the desert and avoids having his
throat slit when his would-be executioner takes pity and only pretends
to kill him.
After Turkey's defeat in the war, he begins a quest that takes him to
Cuba and America in search of his missing daughters who have fled
there, after their mother and the rest of their family were killed.
The 138-minute film with a budget of EURO 15.5 million has been shot in
Jordan, Germany, Cuba and Malta. The State Commission on Coordination
of the Events for Commemoration of the 100thAnniversary of the
Armenian Genocide also supported the creation of the film. The Cut
premiered at the 71st Venice Festival on August 27.
Fatih Akin was born in 1979 to Turkish parents, who had moved to
Germany in 1960s. He first visited Yerevan in 2010 within the
framework of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival.
"It was a significant event, as it was a very sensitive moment for a
man with of Turkish dscent to visit Armenia," Akin told reporters in
Yerevan.
"In the past it wasn't even possible to use the word 'genocide' in
Turkey. It's not very easy today, but I believe in the freedom of
speech. I think the freedom of speech is the fragile grace given to
us," he said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/30/turkish-directors-armenian-genocide-film-premieres-in-yerevan/
19:15, 30 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Renowned Turkish film director Fatih Akin was in Yerevan today to
present his film on the Armenian Genocide - The Cut.
The main figure is Nazaret Manoogian, played by Tahar Rahim, an
Armenian blacksmith who is separated from his wife and young twin
daughters in the middle of the night by Turkish soldiers, who take him
to a work camp, after which his town is cleared of Armenians.
He survives the forced labor in the desert and avoids having his
throat slit when his would-be executioner takes pity and only pretends
to kill him.
After Turkey's defeat in the war, he begins a quest that takes him to
Cuba and America in search of his missing daughters who have fled
there, after their mother and the rest of their family were killed.
The 138-minute film with a budget of EURO 15.5 million has been shot in
Jordan, Germany, Cuba and Malta. The State Commission on Coordination
of the Events for Commemoration of the 100thAnniversary of the
Armenian Genocide also supported the creation of the film. The Cut
premiered at the 71st Venice Festival on August 27.
Fatih Akin was born in 1979 to Turkish parents, who had moved to
Germany in 1960s. He first visited Yerevan in 2010 within the
framework of the Golden Apricot International Film Festival.
"It was a significant event, as it was a very sensitive moment for a
man with of Turkish dscent to visit Armenia," Akin told reporters in
Yerevan.
"In the past it wasn't even possible to use the word 'genocide' in
Turkey. It's not very easy today, but I believe in the freedom of
speech. I think the freedom of speech is the fragile grace given to
us," he said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/30/turkish-directors-armenian-genocide-film-premieres-in-yerevan/