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Amerikatsi (2022)
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Original name: Ամերիկացի
Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window - the home of a prison guard.
Style:
melancholic, historical drama, art house, period piece, tragic
Plot:
imprisonment, diaspora, political oppression, character study, loneliness, memory, nostalgia, introspection, identity crisis, longing, survival, culture clash, surveillance, bittersweet, minimalism, language barrier, small town, moral ambiguity, painting, josef stalin, jail cell, communist party, hopes, prison, boy ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
armenia
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Style:
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