Komitas

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)