The Tango of Our Childhood (1985)

Original title

Մեր Մանկության Տանգոն

Directed by

Albert Mkrtchyan

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother in post-World War II Armenia struggles to raise her children in the city of Gyumri. The story is autobiographical and focuses on her daily hardships and love for her family.

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What happens

The Tango of Our Childhood (Armenian: Մեր մանկության տանգոն, Russian: Танго нашего детства) is a 1984 Soviet-Armenian tragicomedy film written and directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and starring Frunzik Mkrtchyan (his brother) and Galya Novents. Novents' performance as a mother who struggles to raise her children during post-World War II Armenia was awarded Special Mention at the Venice Film Festival. Mkrtchyan dedicated the autobiographical story to his hometown of Gyumri. The filming locations highlighted the historic buildings of Gyumri which were marked for preservation as the Kumayri Reserve in 1980. The New York Times described Novents' performance as that of "a kind of Anna Magnani earth mother who acts at the top of her lungs." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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