Armenian Genocide film "The Promise" coming to Netflix on Aug 8August 3, 2020 - 11:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Promise", a movie about the Armenian Genocide, is coming to Netflix on from August 8, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) said on Facebook. The war drama centers on a love story involving a medical student (Oscar Isaac), a journalist (Christian Bale), and an Armenian woman (Charlotte Le Bon). All three find themselves grappling with the Ottomans’ decision to begin rounding up and persecuting Armenians during the first genocide of the 20th century. Produced by late Armenian-American businessman Kirk Kerkorian, the Armenian Genocide epic had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016 and made it to the big screen in the United States in late April, 2017. The film, which hails from award-winning director of "Hotel Rwanda," Terry George, stars Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac, Academy Award winning actor Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon in the lead. George, by the way, visited Armenia in September 2017 and spoke to PanARMENIAN.Net about the positive and negative feedback he received from Turkish individuals, about the most important part of his visit to Armenia and his future projects. 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. |