Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Cinematographer: M. Vartanov, B. Hovsepian, G. Tchavouchian
Editing: Aida Galstian
Music: V. Kharlamenko, Vivaldi
Production: Studio Erevan
Distribution:
Films sans Frontières
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75003 Paris
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Year: 1972
DVD, B &W, 29 min
Sliding mountainsides in straw made sleighs, sheep lost in a foaming torrent, Pelechian and his camera are taken in the dance of the Armenian shepherds’ daily life. Harvests, migrations of the livestock, seasons follow seasons prolonging the breeders’ rites in a constant repetition.
