Vodka Lemon

Theatrical Release Date: 2004 10 01 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 717119943547

Studio: New Yorker Video

Summary: A poverty-stricken widower finds new love in a cemetery in this engaging dark comedy from Kurdish filmmaker Hiner Saleem. Hamo (Romen Avinian) is an elderly man living in a small Armenian community which has fallen on hard times since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- where the Soviets at least provided the villagers with free water and electricity, in their current "free" state the locals have to pay for such things, which is no easy task since work is very difficult to find. Hamo, who is attempting to support himself, his eldest son, and his granddaughter on a meager military pension, has put nearly all his faith in one of his sons, who has supposedly found work in Paris. While Hamo waits for word (and a check) from France, he makes frequent visits to the local cemetery, where he visits his late wife. One day, while paying his respects, he meets Nina (Lala Sarkissian), a widow who similarly comes by to chat with her late husband and works as a barmaid at one of the few taverns left in town. Hamo becomes quite fond of Nina, and she responds in kind, but between his loyalty to his deceased bride and her shyness, neither is naturally inclined to make the first move. Vodka Lemon was the winner of the San Marco Prize at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Countercurrent - San Marco Prize for Best Director – Venice International Film Festival Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival

Vodka Lemon

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/20/2005

Runtime: 88 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Russian

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Vodka Lemon
1. I Miss You [:00]
2. Call From Yerevan [:00]
3. Nothing Else [:00]
4. Introducing Nina [:00]
5. A Good Wardrobe [:26]
6. That's Armenia! [3:24]
7. Lower Your Price [4:34]
8. After You, Madam [5:54]
9. Gifts From Admirers [6:28]
10. Getting to Know You [9:20]
11. Granddaughter's Wedding [3:46]
12. Unemployed [2:00]
13. Talking Business [5:25]
14. A Nice Fit [8:16]
15. Money Request [7:22]
16. Tossed Aside [4:28]
17. Newlyweds Depart [2:37]
18. Selling Or Buying? [3:32]

Cast and Crew: Rosanna Vite Mesropian  Actor 
Astrik Avaguian  Actor 
Armen Marouthian  Actor 
Hiner Saleem  Director 
Hiner Saleem  Screenwriter 
Michel Korb  Composer (Music Score) 
Fabrice Guez  Producer 
Michel Loro  Executive Producer 
Lei Dinety  Screenwriter 
Pauline Gouzenne  Screenwriter 
Roustam Sadoyan  Composer (Music Score) 
Romen Avinian  Actor 
Lala Sarkissian  Actor 
Ivan Franek  Actor 
Rouzanne Mesropian  Actor 
Zahal Karielachvili  Actor 

Country: France,Italy,Switzerland,Armenia