Vodka Lemon

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Vodka Lemon

Vodka Lemon film poster
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
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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

  1. San Marco Prize, Best Film Award, Venice Film Festival, 2003.
  2. Jury Award, Feature Film/Best Actor, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2004.
  3. Grand Prize, Jury Prize and Best Photography, Mons International Festival of Love Films, 2004.
  4. 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

  1. Romen Avinian
  2. Lala Sarkissian
  3. Ivan Franek
  4. Ruzan Mesropyan
  5. Zahal Karielachvili
  6. Armen Marutyan
  7. Astrik Avaguian

[edit] Crew

  1. Director : Hiner Saleem
  2. Producer : Fabrice Guez
  3. Line Producer : Michel Loro
  4. Associate Producer : Rosanna Seregni - Titiana Soudani
  5. Music : Michel Korb
  6. DP : Christophe Pollock

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