The Tango of Our Childhood (Armenian: Մեր մանկության տանգոն, Russian: Танго нашего детства) is a 1984 Soviet-Armenian tragicomedy film written and directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and starring Frunzik Mkrtchyan (his brother) and Galya Novents. Novents' performance as a mother who struggles to raise her children during post-World War II Armenia was awarded Special Mention at the Venice Film Festival. Mkrtchyan dedicated the autobiographical story to his hometown of Gyumri.[1][2] The filming locations highlighted the historic buildings of Gyumri which were marked for preservation as the Kumayri Reserve in 1980.[citation needed] The New York Times described Novents' performance as that of "a kind of Anna Magnani earth mother who acts at the top of her lungs."[3]
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| Մեր մանկության տանգոն | |
| Directed by | Albert Mkrtchyan |
| Written by | Albert Mkrtchyan |
| Starring | Frunzik Mkrtchyan Galya Novents |
| Cinematography | Rudolf Vatinyan |
| Music by | Tigran Mansuryan |
| Distributed by | Armenfilm |
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Running time | 89 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Armenian Russian |
Plot edit
The film is set in Leninakan (now Gyumri) in the aftermath of World War II.[4] Novents portrays a wife whose husband has left her and their three children for his wife's best friend.
Cast edit
- Galya Novents - Siranush
- Frunzik Mkrtchyan - Ruben
- Elina Agamyan - Vardush
- Azat Gasparyan - Mesrop
- Narine Bagdasaryan - Ruzan
- Samvel Sarkisyan - Armen
- Ashot Gevorkyan - Gagik
- Artashes Nalbandyan - Ashot
- Artashes Gedikyan - Serob
- Margarita Karapetyan - Arpenik
- Nona Petrosyan - Knar
- Ruben Mkrtchyan - Yeghish
- V. Movsisyan - Svasyan
- Aleksandr Oganesyan - Zarzand
- Vrezh Hakobyan - Melkonyan
- Kadzhik Barsegyan - Investigator
References edit
- ^ Galstyan, Siranush (August 2016). "Armenian Cinema in the Post-Soviet Era". KinoKultura: New Russian Cinema (Special Issue 17).
- ^ Mirzoyan, Gayane. "Albert Mkrtchyan". Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. auroraprize.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Nan Robertson, "Film Series Salutes the Soviet Republics", The New York Times, October 10, 1986.
- ^ "Giumri 21", Armenian Heritage, accessed 6 September 2017.
External links edit
The Tango of Our Childhood at IMDb
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