Ashik-Kerib is a feature film ( drama ) shot by directors David Abashidze and Sergey Parajanov at the Georgia-Film Studio in 1988 .
| Ashik-Kerib | |
|---|---|
| აშუღი ქარიბი Ashugi qaribi | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | David Abashidze Sergey Parajanov |
| Author script | Gia Badridze |
| In the main cast | Yuri Mgoyan Sofiko Chiaureli Ramaz Chkhikvadze |
| Operator | |
| Composer | Javanshir Kuliev |
| Film company | Georgia film . Second Creative Association |
| Duration | 75 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Language | Russian, Georgian, Azerbaijani |
| Year | 1988 |
| IMDb | ID 0094681 |
The film is dedicated to the blessed memory of Andrei Tarkovsky .
Content
- 1 History of creation and rental
- 2 Story
- 3 Cast
- 4 Movie Makers
- 5 Prizes
- 6 notes
- 7 References
History of creation and rental
"Ashik-kerib" was the last completed film by Sergei Parajanov, the next film of 1990, "Confession" was not finished.
The film was not released for wide release. Parajanov presented him at film festivals in Holland, West Germany ( Munich Film Festival ) and Venice. Only after participating in international film festivals the film was issued a rental certificate [1] .
In 1988, Robert Favre L'Bray , representative of the Cannes Film Festival, came to Moscow . He wanted to take the film “Ashik-kerib” into the competition program of the film festival, but the film was not ready by that time. The other two dozen films that were selected and offered to him, Robert Favre L'Bray did not interest [2] .
During the first European Oscar (November 1988, West Berlin ), Ashik-Kerib was nominated for Best Director and received a special prize for best film design.
When the film was shown at the 45th Venice Film Festival , it was not included in the competition program due to the fact that it had previously been shown at the Munich Film Festival. The jury of the Venice Film Festival turned to the American Film Academy with a request to nominate Parajanov’s film for the Oscar film award [3] .
Story
The film was shot based on the tale of the same name by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , written on the basis of the Azerbaijani folk tale.
Poor Ashik-Kerib plays saz at weddings and other holidays. He fell in love with Magul-Megeri, the daughter of a rich man. Ashik-Kerib vows to wander for seven years and become rich or die.
Opponent steals Ashik-Kerib clothes. Other characters think Ashik-Kerib drowned. Ashik-kerib's mother loses sight from crying tears. His rival is more and more persistently pushing for the hands of Magul-Mahéry.
The poor musician gets to the sultan and sings to him about his love. The Sultan really likes this song, and he gives Ashik-Kerib gold. For seven years he lives in abundance and almost forgot his bride.
After a wonderful meeting with the mysterious rider on a white horse, Ashik-Kerib gets the opportunity to fulfill any desire with the help of a magical means. He is transported to his native village, finding himself at the wedding of his beloved and the person responsible for the misfortunes that had taken away.
In the rich man’s house, he is laughed at when Ashik-kerib assures his listeners that he made a long journey in an instant, which usually took more than one day.
An angry groom threatens to kill Ashik-Kerib. To prove the truth of his words, he asks to bring his blinded mother to the wedding feast. A heartbroken woman, convinced of the death of her son, is brought to the room where the guests gathered. Ashik-kerib runs a white handkerchief over the mother’s blind eyes, and her vision returns.
The shameful rival flees, and Ashik-Kerib, celebrating the victory, dressed in snow-white clothes, prepares for the wedding with his newfound lover.
Cast
- Yuri Mgoyan - Ashik-Kerib
- Sofiko Chiaureli - mother
- Ramaz Chkhikvadze - Ali Aga
- Konstantin Stepankov - teacher
- Varvara Dvalishvili - sister
- Veronika Metonidze
- David Abashidze
- Tamaz Vashakidze
- David Dovlatyan
- Nodar Dugladze
- Levan Natroshvili
- George Hovakimyan
- Vyacheslav Stepanyan
- Zurab Kipshidze - reads Russian text
Movie Makers
- Directors: Sergey Parajanov , David Abashidze
- Screenwriter: Gia Badridze
- Operator: Albert Yavuryan
- Music: Javanshir Kuliev
- Artist: Shota Gogolashvili , Georgy Alexi-Meskhishvili , Nikolai Sandukeli
- Sound Engineer: Harry Kuntsev
- Songs: Alim Gasimov
- Choreographer: S. Aleksidze
Prizes
- Prize " Felix- 88" ( at the first ceremony ) - to the artists of the film G. Aleksi-Meskhishvili, N. Sandukeli, S. Gogolashvili.
- Prize “ Nika -90” - to the best feature film, directors, cameraman, costume designer (S. Parajanov). Ashik-Kerib became one of two non-Russian-language films that received the main award for "Best Film" at this film award.
Notes
- ↑ December 6, 1988, the film “Ashik-Kerib” by Sergei Parajanov is finally issued a permit (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 8, 2009. Archived November 23, 2011.
- ↑ 05/23/1988 At the 41st IFF in Cannes, Soviet cinema was not represented in the competition for feature films (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 8, 2009. Archived November 24, 2011.
- ↑ 08/29/1988 “Perestroyka in the USSR” is one of the main subjects of the 45th IFF in Venice (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 8, 2009. Archived November 24, 2011.