YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS: “Parajanov – lover of beautiful” film was shown for the first time to Armenian audience on July 13 closing “Golden Apricot” international festival. The idea of the film telling about the last twenty years of his life belongs to director and the main actor Serzh Avetikyan and Ukrainian producer and director Elena Fetisova who is the author of the scenario. “Armenpress” reports that before the film Avetikyan came to the stage and said he wants to be applauded after the end of the film.

“We tried to do so that our film does not have borders like Parajanov,” he said.

In the film lasting 93 minutes the audience had opportunity to see Parajanov newly discovered by authors who is beautiful over both in the film and in life. The films shows happy years of Parajanov in Kiev and then his arrest in 1973.

In the film Parajanov is shown in quite different, tragic side when he remembers his childhood years, his wife and son. “I am ill of love towards beautiful,” mentions Parajanov in the film joking that without spending two years in prison it is impossible to become talented artist.  

Serzh Avetikyan was also a member of “Golden Apricot” jury. He informed that the film will appear in September. He assured that in this film the audience will have opportunity to discover newly Parajanov. The film ends with exciting scene when director is sleeping in Paris on the bench near fountain.

After the end of the film the whole audience was clapping. Everyone was congratulating Avetikyan. Among the people who congratulated him was Atom Egoyan’s wife, actress Arsine Khanjyan who can not hide her excitement and expressed her opinion in French.

Ukrainian side wished that in their version the film is called “Parajanov” and in France it will be called “Me Parajanov –soviet artist”.

The producers of the film also got invitations from many festivals – Venice, San Sebastian, Tokyo, Toronto, Monreal, San Paolo and etc. The film about “Parajanov” was shot in Ukraine, France, Georgia and Armenia.