SYNOPSIS
A young Armenian's search for identity in the corners of present-day Istanbul. As a cultural melting pot, the city constantly feeds Murat's life, and the people, as diverse as the city itself, add color to his routine. Turkish coffee and tea, fish and rakı, the city's bustle and the peaceful movement of the steamships… For Murat, Istanbul is not just a residence, a shelter, or a home. It is a homeland. How do the individual and society affect one another? Memory and the present? The national and the universal? This film is a journey to the open and closed pages of Murat's identity.
CAST & CREW
Marine Kocharyan
Director
Producer(s)
Marine Kocharyan, Sona Kocharyan
Script
Marine Kocharyan, Sona Kocharyan
Director of Photography
Sona Kocharyan
Music by
Mikayel Voskanyan
Sound
Marine Kocharyan
Edit
Sona Kocharyan, Marine Kocharyan, Harutyun Mehrabyan
Cast
Murat Gostanyan, Vartan Ohannesyan, Artur Utaş, Manuel Keçeci, Zeynep Sevim, Arman Delioğlu, Arusyak Gostanyan.
Marine Kocharyan
Marine Kocharyan is a journalist, screen writer and film director living and working in Armenia. She has worked as a TV screen writer and a director in Shoghakat TV Company from 2011-17. Now she works in Media Initiatives Center (former Internews Armenia) as a production journalist. Marine is very interested in documentary films and video production.
Filmography
How to Cross (from Jiliz to Jiliz) (Co-dir., 2014), Murat (Co-dir., 2017).
Sona Kocharyan
Director
Sona Kocharyan
Sona Kocharyan is a working journalist in Yerevan, Armenia. She has worked as a TV and multimedia journalist and is very interested in photography and video production. Currently, she works in Media Initiatives Center (former Internews Armenia). Since 2013, she has been involved in documentary filmmaking.
Filmography
How to Cross (from Jiliz to Jiliz) (Co-dir., 2014), Murat (Co-dir., 2017).
