by Serhii Parajanov USSR | 1969 | 77’ | Original Version with English subtitles
Restored in 2014 by Cineteca di Bologna/L'Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, in association with the National Cinema Centre of Armenia. Restoration funding provided by the Material World Charitable Foundation and The Film Foundation.
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.
