On the Old Roman Road
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Don Askarian
Ohan Askarian
Pavel Sahakyantz
Piet Van Dijk
Sylvia Gettar
Anna Bassentyan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Levon is a writer of Armenian extraction who lives in Rotterdam. He thinks back on his life in his homeland. About his brother-in-law Manuk who robbed dead Turks, about a brilliant Kurdish musician, a butcher with a red beard (from henna or blood), a 17-year-old girl with chestnut-coloured skin, a concubine and a Turkish Apollo with eight wives who likes burying himself in hot ash. His memory is also populated by beautiful thoroughbred horses, stray dogs, camel drivers, soldiers and Turkish policemen. This is contrasted with reality in Rotterdam, including a crime involving Armenian terrorists and a Kurdish tragedy.
Director
Don Askarian
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Hubert Bals Fund Harvest) January 24 - February 4, 2001.
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