BAGATELLE
A FILM BY NARINE MKRTCHYAN and ARSEN AZATYAN
BAGATELLE
The film is about a modern Armenian composer Tigran Mansuryan, who has already become one of the classics of Armenian music. But the story does not run in the traditional way, but under the impression of a story he told, which appears to be artistic material, and shows his attitude to Life and Art.
For a long time we had derived consolation from the fact that Tigran Mansuryan, having watched the movie, said, “All the 50 years of my life have been concentrated in these 20 minutes”.
Officially this was our first movie shot in “Armenfilm” Studio. Communist leaders had not accepted it for several years, and it was hidden because of controversial views, even though in this case we had used the name and authority of Tigran Mansuryan as a cover for shooting the film we wanted.
IFF Kiev 1988
IFF Riga 1988
IFF Budapest 1990
CAST & CREW
BAGATELLE
Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
1988 Kiev International Film Festival
Armenia
1988
35mm
20′
Armenian
Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
ARMENFILM State Studio
Aysor-Plus Film Productions
Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Armen Khachatryan
Nariné Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Tigran Mansuryan, Michael Vardanov, Hrant Matevosyan, Arsen Azatyan, Nariné Mkrtchyan
Tigran Mansuryan
Narine Mkrtchyan, Arsen Azatyan
Pavel Chakmishyan