Casting completed for Sarik Andreasyan’s “Story of One Quake”October 1, 2015 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Casting of Armenian actors for Sarik Andreasyan’s large-scale big-budget drama “Story of One Earthquake” is completed, Russian television and film producer of Armenian origin, Mars Media director Ruben Dishdishyan wrote in a Facebook post. Prominent actors, including Hrant Tokhatyan, Sos Janibekyan, Mikael Poghosyan, Tatev Hovakimyan and Victor Stepanian were cast. “We not only traveled, but also worked in Armenia. Shooting will kick off soon,” Dishdishyan wrote. As reported earlier, Russian actors Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Mironova, Daniil Izotov, Artyom Bystrov and Sabina Akhmedova will star in Andreasyan’s drama. The movie chronicles tragic events of December 1988 in Armenia. The story, set in an earthquake-ravaged Leninakan, follows a young Armenian Robert Melkonyan and an older Russian Andrey Berezhnoy, who find themselves in the epicenter of the quake and are the first to rush to help. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |