SERGUEÏ PARADJANOV, THE REBEL

Synopsis:
Georgian-Armenian filmmaker who was born in Tbilissi (Georgia) and died in July 1990, Paradjanov is considered as one of the greatest contemporary film makers.
He leaves an unfinished but essential work for Soviet and Russian film history. His work reflects the ethnic wealth of the Caucasian people. This film was shot at his strange residence, both workshop and capharnaüm, on the set of his last film Ashik Kerib, in Erevan’s Paradjanov museum, in Paris and Tbilissi.
This portrait of a wounded but fiercely independent artist deals too with his various talents (painter, decorator, designer…).

Among those interviewed : Sergueï Paradjanov, Sofiko Tchiaourelli, Edouard Chevardnadzé, Sarkis, Pierre Bergé, Jean Radvanyi, Youri Mechitov, Zaven Sargzyan.

Broadcast:
CinéCinéma

Sélection:
FIPA 2004
Year of Armenia 2007

Press:
“French director Patrick Cazals will attend this screening of his excellent video documentaries : Sergei Paradjanov, the rebel and Rouben Mamoulian, the golden age of Broadway and Hollywood, which look at two very different directors born in the Georgian capital of Tbilissi.
The Paradjanov portrait skimps on the more conventional early features, but it’s priceless for its interview with the excentric director (shot during production of his last feature, Ashik Kerib) and its sampling of the collages he produced during his long prison terms.”

Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader May 11, 2007