Serj Tankian to score noted Karabakh helmer’s new filmNovember 20, 2015 - 13:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Noted Karabakh director Jivan Avetisyan’s new film “The Last Inhabitant” centers on the only inhabitant of an Armenian village after deportation of its population during the Karabakh war. According to the director, the film to be released in 2016 is about self-sacrifice that emanates from love. The screenplay was written by Tsovinar Khachatryan and Masis Baghdasaryan. The film is produced by Masis Baghdasaryan, Gevorg Gevorgyan and Kestutis Drazdauskas. According to Asbarez, Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer, producer and lead vocalist of System of a Down Serj Tankian will score the music for the film. The film director is sure that the music will be in harmony with the events and the message of the film. The film is about people “who have fallen from a lost paradise into hell but are saved by love, virtue, and self-sacrifice,” said Avetisyan and it focuses on the events of 1988 and 1989, which include the beginning of the Karabakh movement and the subsequent Azerbaijani pogroms of Armenians in Sumgait and elsewhere. The director said that the events depicted in the film are of universal importance and those stories must be told. World-renowned Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi, Sandra Daukšaitė, Armenian actors Sos Janibekyan, Kevork Malikyan, Naira Muradyan, Babken Chobanyan and some of the stars of the film. “The Last Inhabitant is about an Armenian village that has been forcibly emptied of its residents as a result of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The film’s main character, Abgar, lives with his mentally ill daughter. After Azerbaijanis enter the village and attempt to rape his daughter, Abgar has no other choice but to fight and secure the safety of his daughter. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |