Story
A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.
Writer
"The Armenian film Bonded Parallels tells two intersecting stories: a mother who gives life to a child at the cost of her own and a daughter who repeats a similar love story that once resulted in her own birth. The two ‘bonded parallel’ stories provide a close look at two different societies in entirely different time frames, and in doing that they bring unexpected similarities to the surface. On one side, there is the story of Hanna, who lives in a small village in Norway during World War II, waiting for her husband. Meanwhile, she meets Arakel, a Russian prisoner of war of Armenian origin and gives him asylum, an event that inevitably leads to a love affair. As for daughter Laura, love comes from a disobeying student. Her story takes place during the 1980s, when the demonstrations of Armenians for independence reached their climax." - IFFR
Screenplay
Как вчерашний неудачник заработал состояние на безумных выходках? Еще вчера его вышвыривали из офисов за нелепый вид. Теперь все иначе: все подражают Виктору Фогелю. За его идеи по рекламе платят бешеные деньги, ему поручают разработку рекламной кампании для новой модели Опеля. Получив работу своей мечты, Фогель тут же находит и девушку своей мечты — художницу Розу, которую случайно встречает на вечеринке. Но не все так радужно: теперь Виктору придется выбирать между любовью и карьерой, чувствами и деньгами.
Script
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's family, as well as their various dealings with the underworld and the police. Moreover, being a Turk raised in a German foster family, he has also begun to understand and accept his own ethnicity.
