SYNOPSIS
A bullet shot from enemy positions deathly wounds the soldiers who used to be a writer in peaceful times. Only 15 minutes are left for his earthly life to change into a heavenly. In these 15 minutes angel-aliens come for him, give advises and try to help. In his fading conscience strange images from past, presence and future follow each other. After 15 minutes The Thorn (nickname of the protagonist) dies from a bullet.
CAST & CREW
Suren Babayan
Director
Producer(s)
Suren Babayan, Vardan Abovyan
Script
Suren Babayan (basen on Levon Khechoyan’s story Saturday, Sunday)
Director of Photography
Tammam Hamza
Production designer
Vardan Sedrakyan
Music by
Manuk Haykazyan
Sound
Levon Navasardyan, Harutyun Mangasaryan
Cast
Jean-Pierre Nshanyan, Lusine Harutyunyan, Hrayr Sargsyan, Tamara Zhamharyan, Arman Nshanyan
Production company(ies)
National Cinema Center of Armenia
Suren Babayan
Բorn 1950, Yerevan, Armenia․ Director, scriptwriter, actor. Graduated from the Directing Department of Yerevan Institute of Art and Theatre, in 1973. Training at Tartu Vaynemuyne Theatre (Estonia). In 1974 and 1975, Suren Babayan worked as an actor and director of TV theatre. In 1979, he graduated from the Moscow High Courses in Directing as a feature film director (Nikita Mikhalkov’s studio). From 1980, Suren Babayan has worked for 'Hayfilm Studio as a director.
Filmography
Neutral Situation (1978, short), The Eighth Day of Creation (1980, short), The Cry of a Peacock (1983), Frunze Dovlatyan (1986, doc.), The Thirteenth Apostle (1987), Facing the Wall (1989), Boomerang, Release # 12 (segnent Bread and Sausage), Blood (1991), P. S. (1993, short), Gyumri-Review (1993, short), The Bride from Jermouk (1997), Crazy Angel (2001), Zhano (2004), Don't Look in the Mirror (2009), The Thorn (2013).
