SYNOPSIS
An Armenian artistic world exists today in France and in the world, that expresses itself, think on its identity, its history, but always, at the same time, deeply rooted in the culture of its adopted country.
To reflect this cultural richness, we have chosen to make a documentary film that aims to tell of this link and its transmission, highlighting the creative force of artists of Armenian origin through generations.
The film portrays these men and women artists, their creations and their relationship to their culture, and the link that binds them to their children, also enrolled in artistic expression.
CAST & CREW
David Vital-Durand, Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian
Director
Producer(s)
Guillaume Rappeneau, Serge Avédikian, Mikayel Dovlatyan
Script
Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian
Director of Photography
David Vital-Durand
Music by
Claude Tchamitchian, Dan Gharibian, Macha Gharibian
Edit
Coline Beuvelet, Billie Belin
Cast
Ariane Ascaride, Simon and Catherine Abkarian,Serge, Tigrane and Hovnatan Avedikian,Robert Guediguian,Macha and Dan Gharibian,Atom Egoyan and Arsinee Khandjian
Production company(ies)
Rappi Productions and FramArt
David Vital-Durand, Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian
Originally from Lyon, David steeped in a strong artistic environment since his parents, both architects, had a wide circle of friends that included many artists, visual artists, directors, and musicians. He started to co-direct short programmes in 1995 with his brother Raphaël. Afterwards, they worked for music videos (Sinead O'Connor, Elton John, Suede, Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Lloyd Cole...), commercials (Gold Lion in 2000 for Bic, Lee Cooper, Vinci…) and shorts, among others a 17 minutes film named “Angels”, which won a CNC Quality Award (National Centre of Cinematography) and was selected for numerous festivals in France and abroad. He also directed a documentary about sexuality in 2010. David has released in 2018 his first feature film: “Et mon Coeur transparent”. The film was out with a very warm welcome from audience and press. A strange and mysterious thriller shoot in Corsica with the actors Julien Boisselier, Sara Giraudeau and Caterina Murino. At the moment he is working on two feature film projects: a road-movie in India as well as a film on sub marine abyssal creatures. He has a real passion for photography for twenty years now (current exhibition at different galleries in Paris). When it comes to films or pictures, his work includes a strong inclination for surrealistic subjects inhabited by human fragility and emotion.
Filmography
Suede: Nous sommes les cochons (1994, short), Elton John: Blessed (1995, court), Les yeux dans les yeux (2010, short), Et mon coeur transparent (2017), Armenia(s), Time for Artists (2019).
Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian (Co Director)
Director
Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian (Co Director)
A native of Echmiadzin in Armenia, Anahit has lived in France since 1972. She is a psychoanalyst based in Paris and works also at Army Training Hospital Percy (HIA Percy) in Clamart, as specialist in Post Traumatic Stress, as reserve officer of the Army Health Service, with the rank of Commander. She has been awarded the Medal of National Defense with the label "health service"and the Medal of Voluntary Service. She was also awarded the Fourragère award for contribution to the HIA Percy Excellence. As trainer for the medical profession since 2013: she trains the medical staff in the psychoanalytical approach to the management of pathologies.
Filmography
Writings in reference journals and publication of books: - October 2009: "ArTmenia: from abyss to the constructions of identity", publication of the proceedings of the Colloquium of Cerisy-La-Salle,August 2007. Collective work, the text is titled "ArTmenia, the Time of Joy". - May 2010: published in Belles Lettres-encre marine, collection La parole en acte, "Psychoanalysts in the making". - June 2015: Published in Études Freudiennes, in the Journal of 'Medicine and Psychoanalysis', Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on "Risk", Risk and Ideal. - January 2017: Published in Études Freudiennes, in the Journal of 'Medicine and Psychoanalysis', Proceedings of the 16th Colloquium "All Connected; digitalization and care ", Robotics to the rescue of handicap.
