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Islands (1987)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 56M

Director : Ruben Gevorkyants

Synopsis

A bunch of stories, portraits and images about people of amazing destinies, including Parajanov and Tarkovsky, merging into a non-traditional and polemic image of Armenia.

Actors

Sergei Parajanov
Sergei Parajanov
Himself (archive footage)
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
Himself (archive footage)

Crews

Ruben Gevorkyants
Ruben Gevorkyants
Director
Ruben Gevorkyants
Ruben Gevorkyants
Writer
Yuri Babakhanyan
Yuri Babakhanyan
Cinematography
Armine Aslanyan
Armine Aslanyan
Editor
Pavel Chakmishyan
Pavel Chakmishyan
Sound Designer

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