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Ashik Kerib
Drama, Fantasy, History, Music - 1988
Ashik Kerib
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Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.
Director:
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Sergei Parajanov
,
Dodo Abashidze

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Runtime:
76 min
Release date:
3 Jul 1988
Country:
GE, RU, SU
Languages:
Georgian, Azerbaijani
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
6 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Minor Paradjanov would qualify as something very close to major from most other filmmakers.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[Paradjanov] recreates the past with an exaggerated sense of myth and magic.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
8 Dec 2001
fresh:
How Mr. Paradzhanov manages the tricky feat of kidding folk themes yet according them love and respect is his secret. How well he succeeds is here for the rest of us to relish.
– Walter Goodman,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
There are coded messages of the tribulations of the artist here, and also a playful, mischievous comedic tone that allays any feeling of self-absorbtion on the director's part. Astonishing.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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