The Tango of Our Childhood

The Tango of Our Childhood
Mer mankutyan tangon
Directed by Albert Mkrtchyan
Written by Albert Mkrtchyan
Starring Mher Mkrtchyan
Galya Novents
Music by Tigran Mansuryan
Cinematography Rudolf Vatinyan
Distributed by Armenfilm
Release date
 October 1986
Running time
 89 min
Country Soviet Union
Soviet Armenia
Language Armenian
Russian

The Tango of Our Childhood (Armenian: Mer mankutyan tangon, Russian: Танго нашего детства) is a 1985 Soviet-Armenian tragicomedy film written and directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and starring Mher Mkrtchyan (his brother) and Galya Novents. Novents' performance as a mother who struggles to raise her children during post-World War II Armenia was awarded Special Mention at the Venice Film Festival. Mkrtchyan dedicated the autobiographical story to his hometown of Gyumri.[1][2] The filming locations highlighted the historic buildings of Gyumri which were marked for preservation as the Kumayri Reserve in 1980.[3]

The film is set in Leninakan (now Gyumri) in the aftermath of World War II.[4] Novents portrays a wife whose husband has left her and their three children for his wife's best friend. The New York Times described Novents's performance as that of "a kind of Anna Magnani earth mother who acts at the top of her lungs."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Galstyan, Siranush (August 2016). "Armenian Cinema in the Post-Soviet Era". KinoKultura: New Russian Cinema (Special Issue 17).
  2. ↑ Mirzoyan, Gayane. "Albert Mkrtchyan". Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. auroraprize.com. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Mkhoyan, Armenuhi (October 20, 2016). ""The tango of our childhood" or the fate of buildings is endangered". Armenia Sputnik (in Armenian). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Giumri 21", Armenian Heritage, accessed 6 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Nan Robertson, "Film Series Salutes the Soviet Republics", The New York Times, October 10, 1986.

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