''Mayak'' (russian: Маяк, meaning ''The Lighthouse'') is a
2006
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Russian film
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directed by
Mariya Saakyan. Young director Mariya Saakyan made the picture about the war in the Caucasus, but without the war.
Synopsis
The film is about the
war in
Armenia
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from women's point of view. The girl (Lena) from
Moscow
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, rides in a small North-Armenian town, where she was born. Then the war begins. Lena wants to take her grandmother and grandfather out of the town, but having arrived home, she realizes that she has no opportunity to return to Moscow. Lena learns to live in the conditions of war. She realizes that to run away does not mean to escape. The latest
frames
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Frame and FRAME may also refer to:
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*Framing (co ...
of the film give us
hope
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that
life
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continues and everything will be fine.
Cast
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Anna Kapaleva - Lena
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Olga Yakovleva - Grandmother
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Sos Sargsyan
Sos Sargsyan ( hy, Սոս Սարգսյան; 24 October 1929 – 26 September 2013) was a prominent Armenian actor, director and writer.
Biography
Sos Sargsyan was born in Stepanavan in northern Armenia, at the time part of the Soviet Union. He ...
- Grandfather
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Sofiko Chiaureli - neighbour
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Ruzana Avetisyan - Roza
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Mikhail Bogdasarov - Levan
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Anastasiya Grebennikova - Izolda
Awards
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London Film Festival
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Rotterdam International Film Festival
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2006 films
2000s war drama films
2000s Russian-language films
Russian war drama films
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