Mayak (film)

Mayak
Mayak
Directed by	Mariya Saakyan
Written by	Givi Shavgulidze
Produced by	Anton Melnik
Starring	Anna Kapaleva; Olga Yakovleva; Sos Sargsyan; Sofiko Chiaureli; Ruzana Avetisyan; Mikhail Bogdasarov; Anastasiya Grebennikova
Cinematography	Maxim Drozdov
Music by	Kimmo Pohjonen
Distributed by	Andreevsky Flag Film Company
Release date	2006;
Running time	78 min.
Countries	Russia; Armenia
Language	Russian

Mayak (Russian: Маяк, meaning The Lighthouse) is a 2006 Russian film directed by Mariya Saakyan. Young director Mariya Saakyan made the picture about the war in the Caucasus, but without the war.

Synopsis

The film is about the war in Armenia from women's point of view. The girl (Lena) from Moscow, rides in a small North-Armenian town, where she was born. Then the war begins. Lena wants to take her grandmother and grandfather out of the town, but having arrived home, she realizes that she has no opportunity to return to Moscow. Lena learns to live in the conditions of war. She realizes that to run away does not mean to escape. The latest frames of the film give us hope that life continues and everything will be fine.

Cast

Anna Kapaleva - Lena
Olga Yakovleva - Grandmother
Sos Sargsyan - Grandfather
Sofiko Chiaureli - neighbour
Ruzana Avetisyan - Roza
Mikhail Bogdasarov - Levan
Anastasiya Grebennikova - Izolda

Awards

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