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.[1][2] The filming locations highlighted the historic buildings of Gyumri which were marked for preservation as the Kumayri Reserve in 1980.[citation needed] 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."[3]
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Մեր մանկության տանգոն | |
Directed by | Albert Mkrtchyan |
Written by | Albert Mkrtchyan |
Starring | Frunzik Mkrtchyan Galya Novents |
Cinematography | Rudolf Vatinyan |
Music by | Tigran Mansuryan |
Distributed by | Armenfilm |
Release date | October 1984 |
Running time | 89 min |
Country | Soviet Union |
Languages | Armenian Russian |
The film is set in Leninakan (now Gyumri) in the aftermath of World War II.[4] Novents portrays a wife whose husband has left her and their three children for his wife's best friend.
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