Kino Armenia: I will revenge this world with Love - S. Paradjanov
September 20, 2025
Unfolding global events prompt the author of the film to leave the country where she lives and works. Returning home to Armenia to search for a solution, she seeks out an example-setting icon who can show us the way forward. The museum dedicated to Sergei Paradjanov becomes a place of inspiration, from which there can be no return to toxic reality.
Director Zara Jian scheduled to participate in a virtual Q&A.
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Saturday, September 20, 2025
The author, who is a representative of the current young generation, and whose face we do not see throughout the film, decides to leave Moscow and return to her home in Armenia.
Upon arrival in Yerevan, the author is accompanied by a driver. During the dialogue, he shares his feelings about his grandson, who serves in the army and from whom there has been no news for several days. When the driver asks where to go, the author, on reflection, asks to drive up to the Paradjanov Museum and wait.
Upon arrival, the artistic picture gradually acquires phantasmagoric shades. Time becomes endless, and the author's journey through the night museum begins, from which the author, at first, tries to find a way out. Having exhausted all attempts and realizing their futility, the author accepts reality and begins to examine the work of Paradjanov, lighting them with a small flashlight. During her journey, the author will meet Paradjanov's friends and colleagues, as well as cultural figures who, like Paradjanov himself, found themselves behind barbed wire.
- Director: Zara Jian
- Principal Cast: Hakob Karapetyan, Irina Pavlova and as themselves Zara Jian, Artavazd Peleshyan, Ali Khamrayev, Lora Guerra, Levon Abrahamyan, Atom Egoyan, Emir Kusturica, Tarsem Singh, Joel Chapron, Chulpan Khamatova, Sergei Paradjanov
- Country: Armenia, France
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 110 min.
- Producer: Ani Vorskanyan, Zara Jian, Stephane Jourdain
- Screenplay: Zara Jian
- Cinematographers: Norayr Kasper
- Editors: Tigran Baghinyan
- Music: Sergio Remizov, Roma Film Orchestra, Ardie Son, Terry Devine-King | SOUND CREDITS: Jocelyn Robert, Guillaume Dero, Jean-Marc Schick
- Language: Armenian, English, Russian
- Has Subtitles: Yes