Alter Ego

Alter Ego

MS12

Genre

Drama, Biography

Director

Vigen Chaldranyan

Run time

2h 5min

The main character of the film is a well-known contemporary writer and a university professor at the department of journalism. He is overwhelmed with the idea of creating a novel about the great Komitas Vardapet. In order to make the movie more realistic the main hero makes an attempt to pass through the excruciating way that his literary personage had once passed. Basing himself on historical facts, archived materials and psychological versions the hero tries to reveal the Parisian fragment of the Master's biography and spread light on the mystery of the last years of the great son of Armenia, which he spent in the mental health facility in Villejuif.

Genre

Drama, Biography

Director

Vigen Chaldranyan

Run time

2h 5min

The main character of the film is a well-known contemporary writer and a university professor at the department of journalism. He is overwhelmed with the idea of creating a novel about the great Komitas Vardapet. In order to make the movie more realistic the main hero makes an attempt to pass through the excruciating way that his literary personage had once passed. Basing himself on historical facts, archived materials and psychological versions the hero tries to reveal the Parisian fragment of the Master's biography and spread light on the mystery of the last years of the great son of Armenia, which he spent in the mental health facility in Villejuif.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2016

Global distributor

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Local distributor

Armeenia Vabariigi Suursaatkond Eestis

In cinema

12/12/2019