| 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 |
Vodka Lemon is a 2003 film directed by the Kurdish director Hiner Saleem.
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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.