BAGATELLE

A FILM BY  NARINE MKRTCHYAN and ARSEN AZATYAN

BAGATELLE

The film is about a modern Armenian composer Tigran Mansuryan, who has already become one of the classics of Armenian music. But the story does not run in the traditional way, but under the impression of a story he told, which appears to be artistic material, and shows his attitude to Life and Art.

For a long time we had derived consolation from the fact that Tigran Mansuryan, having watched the movie, said, “All the 50 years of my life have been concentrated in these 20 minutes”.

Officially this was our first movie shot in “Armenfilm” Studio. Communist leaders had not accepted it for several years, and it was hidden because of controversial views, even though in this case we had used the name and authority of Tigran Mansuryan as a cover for shooting the film we wanted.

IFF Kiev 1988

IFF Riga 1988

IFF Budapest 1990

CAST & CREW

Original title

BAGATELLE

Filmmaker

Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan

World Premiere

1988 Kiev International Film Festival

Country

Armenia

Year

1988

Medium

35mm

Length

20′

Language

Armenian

Producer

Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan

Production Company

ARMENFILM State Studio

Sales

Aysor-Plus Film Productions

Writer

Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan

Cinematography

Armen Khachatryan

Editor

Nariné Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan

Cast

Tigran Mansuryan, Michael Vardanov, Hrant Matevosyan, Arsen Azatyan, Nariné Mkrtchyan

Music

Tigran Mansuryan

Sound Design

Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan

Sound Operator

Pavel Chakmishyan

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