ARARAT BRANDY BRAND REVIVES ARMENIAN LEGENDS ON MOVIE SCREEN

ArmInfo
2009-12-18 17:22:00

ArmInfo. The ArArAt brandy brand has shown a feature short "Akhtamar",
the first one in the series "Armenian legends retold". The closed
show of the feature short took place at MEZZO Classic House in Yerevan.

"This is the first film in the series "Armenian legends retold"
with which the ArArAt Brandy Company initiated a project on revival
of ancient Armenian legends",- the company’s press-release says.

Executive Director of the Yerevan Brandy Company Ara Grigoryan
came out with a greeting speech followed by a video-message of the
lead – famous Russian-Armenian actor Armen Jigarkhanyan. With this
initiative ArArAt unified around itself the representatives of various
generations and nationalities presenting the ancient Armenian legend
to the modern public.

The film has been co-produced by Paul and Ludwig Shammasian, laureates
of Festival de Cannes. Starring are People’s Artist of USSR Armen
Jigarkhanyan and young promising Russian actors Grigory Dobrygin and
Ravshana Kurkova. The film was first shown in Moscow quite recently
and received favorable response. On the New Year holidays the movie
will be shown by Armenian TV channels.