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We and Our Mountains (1970)

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Original title
Մենք ենք, մեր սարերը
Directed by
Henrik Malyan
Genre
comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Armenian film follows a small group of villagers living in a remote mountain community. It shows their daily routines, their relationships with each other and their land, and the quiet humor that arises from their simple lives.

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What happens

We and Our Mountains (Armenian: Մենք ենք, մեր սարերը, romanized: Menk’ enk’, mer sarerë; Russian: Мы и наши горы, romanized: My i nashi gory) is a 1969 Armenian comedy-drama film directed by Henrik Malyan and starring Azat Sherents, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Sos Sargsyan, Khoren Abrahamyan, and Artavazd Peleshyan. The screenplay was adapted by Hrant Matevosyan based on the novella of the same title that he authored in 1962, during the Khrushchev Thaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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