We Are Our Mountains
Soviet Satire: comedies of communism from silent cinema to the eighties
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1h 30m
Directed by Henrik Malyan • 1969 • USSR/Armenia
When a petty dispute over a lost sheep gets out of hand, a group of shepherds find their mountain idyll interrupted by the long arm of the law in Henrik Malyan’s cult Soviet satire, adapted from his own work by beloved Armenian author Hrant Matevosyan. Matevosyan’s comic pastorale, alternately absurdist and broad, is brought to life by an all-star cast, including Frunzik Mkrtchyan and Sos Sargsyan. Often cited as the greatest Armenian film ever made, We Are Our Mountains is both charming and cutting in its commentary on the relationship between centre and periphery, state and individual.
WE ARE OUR MOUNTAINS • ՄԵՆՔ ԵՆՔ, ՄԵՐ ՍԱՐԵՐԸ
Directed by Henrik Malyan
Written by Hrant Matevosyan
Cinematography by Karen Mesyan
Music by Tigran Mansurian
Starring: Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Azat Sherents, Sos Sargsyan
In Armenian with English subtitles
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