SYNOPSIS
In the 5th century a monk, Mesrop Mashtots, created the Armenian alphabet that is currently used. The writing system seized Armenians and never left them. The text remains more than an essential component of the Armenian culture: a sacred value.
CAST & CREW
Arto Pehlivanian
Director
Producer(s)
Arto Pehlivanian
Script
Claude Mutafian
Director of Photography
Arto Pehlivanian
Production designer
Arto Pehlivanian
Music by
Serguei Rakhmaninov
Sound
Arto Pehlivanian
Edit
Arto Pehlivanian
Cast
Arto Pehlivanian
Production company(ies)
Art Production
Arto Pehlivanian
Born 1945, Istanbul. Turkey. From 1973 to 1976 Pehlivanianattended Yerevan State Conservatory and earned his diploma in the school of dance and choreography. He moved to France and started to work as a choreographer and radio presenter for cultural programs. Pehlivanian’scareer in television began in 1984 as an official correspondent of Armenian TV and a reporter for TF1, France2, France 3 and chanel 5. His career in the realizations of the various documentaries and reports began in 1990. In 2005 he founded the French-Armenian movie club, sponsored by the director Robert Guediguian. Since 2011 to present, Pehlevanian has been a video correspondent and reporter for TV H 1 in collaboration with the embassy of Armenia in France and the Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh in France.
Filmography
500 Days of Revolution and Tragedy (1990), Referendum in Armenia in September 21st, 1991 (1994), Treasory of the Armenian Cinema (1996), From Armenia to Armenia (2007), Don Pasqual (2008), The Armenians in the Resistance (2008), The Solar Army (2009), Ararat My Love (2010), Armenia, the Magic of Writes (2011), Tribute to Vanoush Khanamirian (2011), Costumes (2012), V… for Verneuil (2013).
