Avetik

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Avetik

1992

1h 20m

7.0(11 votes)

Drama

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A tableaux of poetry and images exploring the historical trauma, identity, and collective memory of the Armenian people centered on an Armenian filmmaker exiled in Berlin.

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6 members

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Alik Asatryan

Avetik

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Mikhail Stepanyan

Young Avetik

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Կարեն Ջանիբեկյան

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Eduard Saribekyan

Kuchak

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Samvel Ovazaryan

Armenian King

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Geno Lechner

Journalist

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