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Director:

Sergei Parajanov

Writers:

Sayat Nova (poems)
Sergei Parajanov (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

27 January 1982 (France) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music more

Plot:

One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, Sergei Parajanov's "Color of the Pomegranate",... more | add synopsis

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Цвет граната (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Brotseulis kvaviloba (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
Color of Pomegranates (USA)
Colour of Pomegranate (Europe: English title)
Nran guyne (Soviet Union: Armenian title)
Red Pomegranate (USA)
The Colour of Pomegranates (UK)
Tsvet granata (Soviet Union: Russian title) (censored version)
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Runtime:

79 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Armenian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Sweden:11 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Armenia


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Shown at the 1980 New York Film Festival without English subtitles. However for later release subtitles were added. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tsvet armyanskoy zemli (1969) more


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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Fascinating and unusual film, 7 April 2007
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Author: Andres Salama from Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Color of Pomegranates (made in 1968, and also released under the name Sayat Nova) is not really a conventional movie. It is more like a series of tableaux "inspired" by 18th century Armenian poet Nova. It is nonetheless fascinating, and should be required viewing for anybody interested not only in Armenian culture but in cinema in general (or, if you wish, the visual arts). This movie has inspired many artists, including some music videos (admittedly not among the arts' highest form), including REM's "Losing my Religion" and Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby. There is a heavy homo erotic subtext to many of the tableaux, and as a matter of fact, Paradjanov would later spent several years in jail in the Soviet Union accused, among other things, of homosexuality. Though released under international pressure, it would take him another 16 years to make another movie, shortly before his untimely death in 1990.

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