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The Color of Pomegranates
Նռան գույնը | Nran Guyne | Sayat Nova
1969
Synopsis
In 18th-century Armenia, the life of poet and musician Sayat Nova unfolds through his verses and a series of stylized tableaux. His journey follows him from humble weaver to royal minstrel and later to monastic life, concluding with the invasion of the Persians.
Editorial
Sumptuous, otherworldly images leap from the screen in Parajanov’s ravishing experimental biopic of the great Armenian poet Sayat-Nova. Through a series of folkloric moving tableaux, the abundance of lyrical visual poetry and religious imagery led to its censorship by the Soviet authorities.
