ReturningFrance
2006, 83min.
 Script./ Dir.: Serge Avedikian, Prod.:, Dir. of Phot.: Serge Avedikian.
Invited to a theater festival in Istanbul during the summer, 1987, Serge Avedikian had not been able to refrain from crossing the Sea of Marmara to find Soloz, the village of his Armenian grandfather, Avedis. The scenes of persecution have always haunted him; the furtive traces of deportation in 1922 annoyed him: the destroyed church and magnificent gravestones. The dialog with the residents remained unfinished. Almost 20 years later, the director wishes to return to Soloz, to break the taboo so strongly anchored in the Armenians and Turks, and, without abandoning the past, to cast glances towards the future. | Avedikian, Serge  Born 1955, Yerevan.
He is an actor and director. He has lived in France since 1971. He studied at the Dramatic Art Conservatory of Meodon, later worked with the Paris Conservatory students where he acted in many plays of classical and contemporary repertoire. He has produced documentaries since 1976. He also has acted in many films since 1978. In 1988, he established his own film company.
Filmography
Love Story: Colombe and Avedis (1981), Without the Possibility Return (1982–1983, with Jacques Kebadian), What Happened to My Friends (1984), Armenia 1900 (1989, with Jacques Kebadian), Hello, Sir (1990), Mission Accomplished (1990), Fifth Dream (1994), Adieu, Madam (1996), Ladies and Gentlemen (1997), Lux Aeterna, Terra Emota (19984 with Levon Minassian), The Lines of Life (2001), Between Two Poles (2002).
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