COLOR OF POMEGRANATES - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

Details

• Release Year: 1969
• Genre: Drama, Foreign
• Plot: A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov's masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In a series of tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract, The Color of Pomegranates revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intellectual, artistic, and spiritual growth through icono-graphic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film's tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, leading authorities to block its distribution, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov's original vision, in a restoration that brings new life to one of cinema's most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty.
• Cast: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Japaridze, Hovhannes Minasyan, Onik Minasyan, Aleksandr Dzhanshiyev, Sergei Parajanov, Sayat Nova
• Director: Sergei Parajanov
• Runtime: 1:19
• Company: Armenfilm, Yerevan Film Studio, Artkino Films, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie