David ABASHIDZE Давид АБАШИДЗЕ David ABACHIDZE Sergey PARADZHANOV Сергей ПАРАДЖАНОВ Sergueï PARADJANOV   USSR, 1988, 78 mn  Colour, fiction

Ashik-Kerib ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Ашик-Кериб    Achik-Kerib  Ashik-Kerib

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Plot synopsis

A romantic drama based on the poem of the same name by the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov. “Ashik-Kerib” is one of Sergei Paradzhanov’s most brilliant motion pictures. The director succeeded in achieving the effect of polyphony of color and sound. The screen looks like a real Oriental bazaar where you can come across anything you like, from antiques to cheap home-made kitsch. Ashik-Kerib was a poor man, but he possessed a heart of gold and a beautiful voice. He played the saaza, a Turkish balalaika, glorifying the ancient heroes of Turkestan at weddings and other festivities. Once he met the beautiful Magul-Megheri, the daughter of a Turkish wealthy man, and fell in love with her. But would a rich man give his daughter to a poor man? Ashik-Kerib made a vow to go for a seven-year wandering around the world, and either become rich or die. If he is not back by the appointed date, Magul-Megheri will get married to another man…
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Selected in the following festivals :

- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2011

- Retrospective Russian cinema at the "Reflet Médicis", Paris (France), 2010

- Douarnenez Film Festival, Douarnenez (France), 2009

- Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 2009

- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2008

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007

- Russian films in the cinema Arlequin, Paris (France), 2005

- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1989

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