Asît
- 2022
- 1h
Loosely inspired by Stefan Zweig's novella, in which playing chess is depicted as a means of surviving fascism, The Avalanche recounts the events of the Armenian genocide, still contested by... Read allLoosely inspired by Stefan Zweig's novella, in which playing chess is depicted as a means of surviving fascism, The Avalanche recounts the events of the Armenian genocide, still contested by the Turkish state. Director uses archives and present-day footage of the region to uncove... Read allLoosely inspired by Stefan Zweig's novella, in which playing chess is depicted as a means of surviving fascism, The Avalanche recounts the events of the Armenian genocide, still contested by the Turkish state. Director uses archives and present-day footage of the region to uncover the traumas left by the Armenian people on their landscape and their memories.