Songs of Solomon

Nov 26, 2020

1h 43m

★ 10.0

Overview

Inspired by true events, this is a film about a childhood friendship, torn apart by the horrific Hamidian massacres infiltrated by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1894-1896).

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Komitas

Samvel Tadevossian

Osman

Arman Nshanian

Garbis

Sos Janibekyan

Sevil

Arevik Gevorgyan

Sona

Tatev Hovakimyan

Archbishop Dertsakyan

Jean-Pierre Nshanian

Abdullah

Artashes Aleksanyan

Grandmother

Shake Tukhmanyan

General

Rudolph Ghevondyan

Anhayt Kin

Narine Grigoryan

Lavash Kin

Tatev Ghazaryan

The tranquility of a remote Armenian mountain community is disrupted when a group of shepherds affected by the pangs of an evening hunger, decide to butcher and barbecue the sheep of another's that have strayed into their herd. An official inquiry by the city police complicates matters, and questions of law, morality and community only seem to lead to further entanglements.

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