Lodevole che si parli del Genocidio armeno del secolo scorso, fatto sempre un po' taciuto.
Il film ha una sua poetica, anche se forse un po' troppo facilona e ruffiana e infatti mi ha ricordato "La vita è bella".
📝Voto: 6- /10
"Amerikatsi" di Michael A. Goorjian, 115 minuti, 2022.
-Nel 1948 un americano di origine armena rimpatria in Armenia e finisce rocambolescamente in una prigione sovietica. Ma nella sua cella c’è una finestra… - da themoviedb.org
This was the second Sneak Preview that we saw this month and, this time, it was really good.
Amerikatsi is the story of Charlie who, as a child, escapes the Armenian genocide by fleeing to America. Thirty years later, in 1948, he returns to Armenia hoping to find his roots.
Instead, he finds a country crushed under the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of Soviet rule.
Being an American, and one with no cultural connection to the country in which he is trying to make a life for himself, it’s not a great surprise that he soon finds himself unjustly imprisoned.
Nearly driven to suicide, Charlie is saved when he realises that from his cell window, he can see into the nearby apartment of one of the prison guards. As Charlie becomes increasingly invested in the life of the guard, Tigran, and his family he starts to discover the people and the spirit of his homeland.
Moreover, Tigran becomes aware that Charlie is able to see his life being played out and a connection begins to develop between the two men. All the more powerful for the fact that they never speak to each other and are, for the most part, physically apart.
Amerikatsi is a remarkably warm-hearted film and one that manages to convey so much with so little. For much of the film we are sitting with Charlie in his dank prison cell as he watches the lives being played at a distance, sharing in their social rituals and steadily coming to an understanding of what it means to be an Armenian.
Although this is a film about Armenians, it is also a film about finding your people, about wanting to belong, and about the strength of the human spirit.
As such, it’s a genuinely uplifting experience and one in which a sense of hope runs through even the darkest moments. If you have the chance to see it, I would strongly recommend that you do so.
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#Armenia's submission for #BestInternationalFilm #Oscar directed + written by Emmy winning actor #MichaelAGoorjian. Conceptually interesting
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https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/amerikatsi-michael-goorjian-oscar-armenia-1234942381/
Variety Reviews All 15 Films Eligible for Best International Feature Oscar in 2024, From ‘Amerikatsi’ to ‘Zone of Interest’
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https://variety.com/2024/film/news/best-international-feature-oscar-reviews-1235861908/
‘Amerikatsi’ Review: A Soulful Armenian Comedy-Drama About Cultural Yearning
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https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/amerikatsi-review-1235851805/
Oscars International Feature Shortlist: Armenia Marks A First, Bhutan Is Back, ‘Godland’ Surprises
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https://deadline.com/2023/12/2024-oscar-international-feature-shortlist-movie-1235679936/
‘Amerikatsi’ Director and Star Michael Goorjian on Finding Optimism in a Prison Film for Armenia’s Oscar Entry
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‘Amerikatsi’ Review: Armenia’s Oscar Submission Is A Wayward, Blackly Comic Tale Of Hope
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https://deadline.com/2023/12/amerikatsi-review-armenia-oscar-submission-1235670691/
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