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Beyond the Shadows. 100 Years of Parajanov
The Color of Pomegranates
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USSR | 1969 | 77’ | Original Version with English subtitles
A portrait of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat Nova, the ‘King of Song’. Through his poetry and a series of lavish tableaux, the film charts his life from humble weaver, to king’s minstrel and cloistered monk before being martyred for his faith by invading Persians.