Don Askarian

The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas and the 2 million victims of his people in Turkey in 1915. A gifted teacher, he was devastated after the tragic massacre that killed 75% of the Armenian population from 1911 until 1915. The event so disturbed Komitas that he spent the last 20 years of his life in mental institutions. (don-askarian.am)

Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the "liquidation" of the Turkish consuls in Rotterdam, and executed them. He lures him with the picture of the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid The Bloody, which he has bought in the auction house 'Leo Jansen'. (imdb)

Hovering between the realms of poetry and history, this stunningly photographed, elegiac work - shot mostly in long takes - mixes cryptic metaphor and fantastic symbolism to tell the story of Avetik, an Armenian filmmaker exiled in Berlin. In sensuous, lyric styling, Askarian employs dreamlike images to reflect the history of his homeland, tranquil childhood memories, images inspired by erotic medieval poetry, and autobiographical shades of his own exile in Germany.