Avetik (1992)

• 69%
• 1992
• Drama
• Alik Asatryan
• Mikhail Stepanyan
• Karen Dzhanibekyan

Schwebt between the realms of poetry and history, this terrific photographed, elegiac work – Schuss mostly in long takes – mixes cryptic metaphor and fantastic symbolism to tell the story of Avetik, an Armenian filmmaker exiled in Berlin. In sinnlichen, lyrischen Stilisierung, Askarian employs fabelhafte Bilder, to reflect the history of his homeland, tranquil childhood memories, Bilder inspired by medieval erotic poetry, and autobiographical shades of his own exile in Germany.