Spitak

Overview

«Spitak» tells the story of the most devastating and largest (in terms of casualties) Armenian earthquake that happened on December 7, 1988. This day went down in history as the day of a horrible disaster, which claimed the lives of over 25,000 lives and left more than half a million people homeless. The film «Spitak» is the story of Gor, who left Armenia in search of a better life but now returns back after the earthquake in order to find his home. His family. But it's too late. Everything is destroyed by the disaster. and he has to re-learn to love what he destroyed himself. Film-Requiem.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 29, 2018

Original language

Armenian

Spoken languages

Armenian, Russian

Countries

Armenia, Russia

Production

Eurimages,Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation,Telesto,Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia,National Cinema Development Foundtion,Russia 1

Cast

Olivier Pagès,Armen Muradyan,Alexandra Politik,Martun Ghevondyan,Arthur Manukyan,Ermine Stepanyan,Aleksandr Kuznetsov,Vagan Pogosyan,Oleg Vasilkov,Mkhitar Avetisyanand 6 more

Director

Alexander Kott

Writer

Marina Sochinskaya

Producer

Elena Glikman,Tatyana Sarana,Teresa Varzhapetyan

Cinematography

Petr Dukhovskoy

Music

Serj Tankian

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt8530866