Sour Grapes / Winepress / Hndzan / Терпкий виноград (1974) DVD5 RUSCICO
on September 3rd, 2021 at 13:31
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father's death. Small boy neither could accept it nor reconcile himself with the new family of his mother who married to another man. The boy prefers to live with his handicapped uncle and every day visits the railway station waiting the trains coming from the frontline. And, indeed, his father comes back after two years of guerilla warfare. But he must leave for war again as soon as his injury is healed. Vahe must be strong enough to withstand the blow.
Bagrat Oganesyan graduated from Yerevan State University (the Romano-Germanic Philology Department), Yerevan Institute of Literature and Moscow Institute of World Literature, he came into cinema while practicing in Mosfilm Studios in 1960s. There he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky during the shooting of his Andrei Rublyov (1969), worked at Armenfilm Studios as an editor, assistant director and film director. Tarkovsky was the creative advisor of the Oganesyan's first feature film "Sour Grape" (Winepress).
Director: Bagrat Oganesyan
Cast: A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan, Alla Tumanian, Vruyr Panoyan
Country: Soviet Union
Genre: Drama
DVD5 | PAL 16:9 | 01:13:13 | 3.36 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
