Star Of Hope - Part One: David Bek

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Cast

Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi

In Munich, the Armenian Areg dreams of studying cinema with his German girlfriend Lilly. Until her widowed mother fell seriously ill with diabetes. Areg and her little brother Garnik have to take care of her.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Nuran Calis

Cast

Erhan Emre, Lida Zakaryan, Kurt Ipekkaya

This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her father back for this operation. Anna is a tough-minded, headstrong woman with little fee...

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Robert Guédiguian

Cast

Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Simon Abkarian

The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Hamo Bek-Nazaryan

Cast

Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan, Hasmik Agopyan

The tranquility of a remote Armenian mountain community is disrupted when a group of shepherds affected by the pangs of an evening hunger, decide to butcher and barbecue the sheep of another's that have strayed into their herd. An official inquiry by the city police complicates matters, and questions of law, morality and community only...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Henrik Malyan

Cast

Sos Sargsyan, Khoren Abramyan, Mher Mkrtchyan