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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The filming of The Last Round in Istanbul, an upcoming drama by French-Armenian filmmaker Serge Avédikian will start in spring 2023.
The film is set in 1946 and tells the story of an Irish boxer’s love story with an Armenian woman as they travel to Djibouti and then to Istanbul.
“With this film I want to say why we became emigrants, why we were forced to build our future on loss. I want to tell to the new generation that we are forced to do so and we continue suffering new losses. I really want us all to be mentally more stable and stronger because it is no longer possible to build on loss. It is a matter of mentality, we must try to develop culture and our language,” the filmmaker told ARMENPRESS.
Avédikian says people should re-read the Diary of a Con Artist (Խաչագողի հիշատակարանը)by Raffi and other works of the novelist and "remember where we come from”. He said thattheDiary of a Con Artisthas been translated into French and that it is popular in France.
“I won’t match Raffi, but I will make my voice heard through my films,” says Avédikian.
Avédikian is also the scriptwriter of the upcoming film, and he will also make a cameo.
In 2021, Avédikian visited Armenia for the premiere of his Back to Soloz documentary, which tells the story of Avédikian visiting his grandfather’s village in Turkey.
It was screened in other countries as well.
Historians and journalists were among the audiences during screenings in Paris. Through the film the director shows how time has a role in destroying culture and faith.
“This isn’t simply a movie. It is a film through which one can speak about various subjects. Questions were being asked. People who didn’t know history were shocked how that history left such traces, how it gave birth to dictators who are erasing and destroying,” he said, emphasizing that culture doesn’t have borders.
Angela Hambardzumyan
Photos by Tatev Duryan