01 Oct 1980
Larisa
Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck.
Islands
A bunch of stories, portraits and images about people of amazing destinies, including Parajanov and Tarkovsky, merging into a non-traditional and polemic image of Armenia.
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