Last Tightrope Dancer In Armenia, The Armenia
2010, 72min.
Producer: Vardan Hovhannisyan, Dir./Script: Arman Yeritsyan, Inna Sahakyan, Director of Photography: Mkrtich Baroyan, Composer: David Amalyan, Sound: Gevorg Petrosyan, Editor: Tigran Baghinyan
Cast: Zhora Armenakyan, Knyaz Mheryan, Hovsep Beglaryan, Mamikon Papikyan, Khachik Umurshatyan
Zhora, 78 years old, and Knyaz, 77 years old, were once the most celebrated tightrope walkers in Armenia. Today they are the only existing masters who can keep this ancient art alive. Envious rivals throughout their lives, they now share the same hope – that the only remaining tightrope student will carry on their life’s work. Hovsep, a 17-year-old orphan adopted by Zhora, has to decide whether or not to accept the responsibility of being the last tightrope performer in a society that has abandoned both him and the art of tightrope walking. And now, after the death of Zhora, his teacher, Hovsep’s choice has only become more difficult…
Production Company
Bars Media Documentary Film Studio
20 Sepuhi street Yerevan 0028, Armenia
Tel: +374 10 22 67 33, 226546
Fax: 0037410 226553
E-mail: vardan@barsmedia.am
www.barsmedia.am
| Yeritsyan, Arman Arman Yeritsyan (born 1975)
Graduated from Yerevan Pedagogical University’s Directing Department. He has worked for Russian Public Television as a director of the prominent documentary series, Heroes of the Century. He has directed a number of award-winning documentaries.
Filmography
I Want to Say (2003), The End (2003), Under the Open Sky (2006), Hello, Fellini (2007), Aram Khachatryan (2007), The Last Tightrope Performer in Armenia (2010)
Sahakyan, Inna  Inna Sahakyan
Graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts Institute with an M.A. degree in Fine Arts Criticism. Since 2002, she has been working as a producer and director at Bars Media. She has directed and produced PSAs, for various international organizations and local NGOs (UN, UNICEF, European Union, and USAID). She worked as an assistant director for the multi-award winning documentary A Story of People in War and Peace.
Filmography
Child Trafficking: Sold out Childhood (2006), Childhood Dreams (2006), PSAs for Tax Inspection of Armenia (2006), Democracy in Rural Areas of Armenia (2006), The Last Tightrope Performer in Armenia (2010)
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