Cinema
Triangle
Եռանկյունի
Henrik Malyan · 1967
Synopsis
In Leninakan, before the war, Hovik, aged thirteen, spends his days in the workshop of five blacksmiths whom he calls the triangle: his father, old Moukoutch, master Mkrtitch, Vasso, young Mko and Gaspar, whose feats as a swimmer are praised. The boy tells what he sees, the work, the quarrels and the reconciliations, then Mko's marriage to Lyuba, a young Russian woman whom the group is slow to accept, while aeroplanes begin to pass through the sky and the war draws near.
Context
Shot at Armenfilm from a screenplay by Aghasi Ayvazian, with Sergei Israelian behind the camera and music by Edvard Baghdasaryan, the film entrusts the blacksmiths to Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Sos Sargsyan and Frunzik Mkrtchyan, surrounded by Pavel Arsenov and Zurab Laperadze. The story is told through the voice of the child, whose first image is a view of the rooftops and churches of Leninakan. The revolutionary song Zartir lao becomes there a call to fight the invader. The film was released in Moscow on 7 November 1967.
Who it is for
One hour twenty-four minutes, in Armenian, subtitled. Little action: the film lingers on faces and on the gestures of the trade.
Prizes and reception
Grand Prix Prometheus in Yerevan and second prize at the Union festival in 1968; 2.1 million viewers; State Prize in 1975 for the role of Gaspar.