The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Mayak
🎞️ Movie 80 min RU
โ˜… 6.8 /10 2006

Maria Saakyan’s elegiac, semi-autobiographical, humanist drama The Lighthouse unfolds against the backdrop of the Caucasus wars that plagued Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan during the early 1990s. Told with a dream-like emphasis on vision and sound this is the story of a young woman, Lena (Anna Kapaleva), who returns to her home in a remote, war-ravaged Armenian village to try and persuade her grandparents to leave with her for safety in Moscow. With a striking emphasis on the cinematic image and set to an hypnotic soundtrack by Finnish composer Kimmo Pohjonen, Lena’s return to her homeland combines documentary with the great visual tradition of the cinema of Tarkovsky and Paradjanov to become a poetic journey of discovery. An outstanding directorial debut, and an immensely moving experience.

Cast

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Anna Kapaleva
Lena
Olga Yakovleva
Olga Yakovleva
Grandmother
Sos Sargsyan
Sos Sargsyan
Grandfather
Sofiko Chiaureli
Sofiko Chiaureli
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Ruzana Avetisyan
Roza
Mikhail Bogdasarov
Mikhail Bogdasarov
Sergei Daniyelyan
Sergei Daniyelyan
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Anastasiya Grebennikova
Izolda
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Albina Matveyeva
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Mikhail Silantev
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Kimmo Pohjonen
Composer
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Maksim Drozdov
Cinematographer

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