Seasons of the Year (1975)

Original title

Времена года

Directed by

Artavazd Peleshyan

Genre

documentary

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

28 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows an Armenian farming community through the changing seasons. It shows them herding livestock, working the land, fighting weather, and marking celebrations.

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What happens

Seasons of the Year (Armenian: Տարվա եղանակները, romanized: Tarva yeghanaknery; Russian: Времена года, romanized: Vremena goda), also called The Seasons or Four Seasons, is a 1975 Soviet–Armenian short documentary film written and directed by Artavazd Peleshyan. The film depicts the struggles of an isolated Armenian farming community against seasonal elements. Armenian folk music is mixed with Vivaldi's Four Seasons. We see the villagers raising sheep and cattle, rolling haystacks down a hillside, dealing with rain and storms, celebrating a wedding, and sliding down a snowy hill while carrying sheep. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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