Vodka Lemon
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| Vodka Lemon | |
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 Vodka Lemon film poster |
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| Directed by | Hiner Saleem |
| Produced by | Fabrice Guez |
| Written by | Lei Dinety, Pauline Gouzenne, Hiner Saleem |
| Starring | Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian |
| Release date(s) | October 1, 2004 |
| Running time | 84 min |
| Language | Kurdish/Armenian/Russian/French |
| Budget | $2,0 M |
| IMDb profile | |
Vodka Lemon is a 2003 film directed by the Kurdish director Hiner Saleem.
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[edit] Plot
The story is set in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Armenia, still suffering economically from the Soviet collapse. Hamo, a Kurdish widower with three sons, visits his wife's grave everyday. In the graveyard, he meets Nina, a widow who works in a local bar named Vodka Lemon which is about to close down. Both are penniless, yet start an unexpected relationship which revitalizes them.
[edit] Awards
- San Marco Prize, Best Film Award, Venice Film Festival, 2003.
- Jury Award, Feature Film/Best Actor, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2004.
- Grand Prize, Jury Prize and Best Photography, Mons International Festival of Love Films, 2004.
- Best Film 2003 nominee - Bangkok Film Festival, 2004
[edit] Trivia
In spite of all the awards won by the film, the producers of the film did not succeed in qualify the movie as a French one because the actors were not speaking enough French words in the dialogues. The French cinematic authorities counted out the words spoken in the film finding out there were 41 French words lacking. The failure to qualify as a French movie pushed the producing company Dulciné Films to file for bankruptcy.
[edit] Cast
- Romen Avinian
- Lala Sarkissian
- Ivan Franek
- Ruzan Mesropyan
- Zahal Karielachvili
- Armen Marutyan
- Astrik Avaguian
[edit] Crew
- Director : Hiner Saleem
- Producer : Fabrice Guez
- Line Producer : Michel Loro
- Associate Producer : Rosanna Seregni - Titiana Soudani
- Music : Michel Korb
- DP : Christophe Pollock
[edit] External links
- Vodka Lemon at the Internet Movie Database
- Review by David Stratton, Variety.
- Review by Michael Atkinson, Village Voice.
- Review by Ann Hornady, Washington Post.
- Review by Desson Thomson, Washington Post.
- Review by Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times.
- Review by Ty Burr, Boston Globe.
- Review by Wendy Ide, The Times.
- Review by Neil Smith, BBC.
- Review by V.A. Musetto, New York Post.
- Review by Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine.
