SYNOPSIS
Bolis tells the story of Armenak Muradian, a Diaspora Armenian oud musician and the descendant of Genocide survivors, who returns to Istanbul to participate in an oud festival. Arriving with mixed emotions and a 1909 photograph of his grandfather, Armenak returns to his family’s old neighborhood in Kadikoy on a quest to find the location of his grandfather's turn-of-the-century oud shop and a family heirloom that disappeared on April 24, 1915. What unfolds is a serendipitous encounter with Reyhan, a Turkish widow whose antique store is the exact location where Armenak’s grandfather’s oud shop used to be.
CAST & CREW
Eric Nazarian
Director
Producer(s)
Huseyin Karabey, Sevil Demirci
Script
Eric Nazarian
Director of Photography
Emre Erkmen
Production designer
Emre Yurtseven, Meral Efe
Music by
Udi Hrant, Petag, Taniel Tuncer Koyuncu
Sound
Umut Senyol, Kostas Filyakidis
Edit
Mary Stephen
Cast
Jacky Nercessian, Serra Yilmaz, Gorkem Yeltan, Esin Harvey
Production company(ies)
Unutma Beni Istanbul Productions
Eric Nazarian
Eric Nazarian is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and screenwriter, a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Art & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for his original screenplay, Giants. In 2008, The Blue Hour, his first feature film, the World Premiere of which took place at the San Sebastian IFF, won Grand Prix at the Yerevan Golden Apricot IFF (Armenian Panorama) and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
Filmography
A Quiet Passion (1999) Requiem for a Bolshevik (1999), Erotas (1999) , The Blue Hour (2007), Bolis (2011).