Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic62/100
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael A. GoorjianDirector
- Michael A. GoorjianWriter
- Andranik BerberyanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael A. GoorjianCharlie
- Hovik KeuchkerianTigran
- Mikhail TrukhinDmitry
- Nelly UvarovaSona
- Narine GrigoryanRuzan
- Jean-Pierre NshanianWarden Sargisyan
- Aram KarakhanyanSergeant Melikov
- Lernik HarutyunyanTall Guard
- David HakobyanOld Stoic Prisoner
- Trdat MakaryanPoghosyan
- Aram NovosardyanBabloyan
- Karine JanjukazyanVladlena
Stills
Themes
hopeprison cellpaintingarmeniacommunist party1950scultural identityarmenian diasporajosef stalinsoviet