Vodka Lemon

Vodka Lemon

Infobox_Film
name = Vodka Lemon


caption = "Vodka Lemon" film poster
writer = Lei Dinety,
Pauline Gouzenne,
Hiner Saleem
starring = Romen Avinian,
Lala Sarkissian
director = Hiner Saleem
producer = Fabrice Guez
U.S distributor = New Yorker Films
released = October 1, 2004
runtime = 84 min
language = Kurdish/Armenian/Russian/French
budget = $2,0 M
imdb_id = 0379577

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

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.

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

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.

Cast

#Romen Avinian
#Lala Sarkissian
#Ivan Franek
#Ruzan Mesropyan
#Zahal Karielachvili
#Armen Marutyan
#Astrik Avaguian

Crew

#Director : Hiner Saleem
#Producer : Fabrice Guez
#Line Producer : Michel Loro
#Associate Producer : Rosanna Seregni - Titiana Soudani
#Music : Michel Korb
#DP : Christophe Pollock

External links

*imdb title|id=0379577|title=Vodka Lemon
* [http://www.variety.com/ac2004_review/VE1117921766?nav=reviews&categoryid=1657&cs=1 Review by David Stratton] , Variety.
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0439,atkinson2,57140,20.html Review by Michael Atkinson] , Village Voice.
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23635-2004Dec23.html Review by Ann Hornady] , Washington Post.
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22162-2004Dec23.html Review by Desson Thomson] , Washington Post.
* [http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-vodkalemon19nov19,2,3300112.story?coll=cl-movies-util Review by Kevin Thomas] , Los Angeles Times.
* [http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=6831 Review by Ty Burr] , Boston Globe.
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7943-1274444,00.html Review by Wendy Ide] , The Times.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/09/07/vodka_lemon_2004_review.shtml Review by Neil Smith] , BBC.
* [http://www.nypost.com/movies/29869.htm Review by V.A. Musetto] , New York Post.
* [http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=1264 Review by Ed Gonzalez] , Slant Magazine.


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