Sayat Nova (El color de la granada)

Sayat Nova (El color de la granada), Serguei Paradjanov, Armenia, 1968, 79', OV with spanish subtitles, DCP

Radically modern, unique and a masterpiece of the Armenian artist Paradjanov: it is the filmed biography of a poet-troubadour called Sayat Nova. The film is an explosion of color, ritual, boundless imagination, narrative freedom and dreams in one of those movies that is unlike any other film in the history of cinema.

Screenplay and director: Serguei Paradjanov, Photography: Suren Shakhbazian, Sound: Yuri Sayadyan, Music: Tigram Mansurian, Editing: Maria Ponomarenko, Cast: Sofico Chiaureli, Melkon Alekian, Vilen Galustian, Georgi Gegechkori, Distribution: Capricci Cine.