Online: Sunday, October 3—Sunday, October 10, 2021
Should the Wind Drop
Si le vent tombe
Dir. Nora Martirosyan, 2020, 100 min
With Grégoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman Navasardyan
In French, Armenian, English, Russian with English subtitles
Official Selection, Cannes Festival 2020
French auditor Alain Delage (Grégoire Colin, in tour-de-force performance) arrives in the war-torn South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh to study the feasibility of a new airport. He is quickly engrossed in the struggles of a proud people living on hope alone, and attempts to help them achieve their goals. Armenian-born writer-director Nora Martirosyan’s extraordinary debut combines a precise and subtle portrayal of a complex geopolitical situation with a poetic, sensual evocation of life and human resilience.
“A fascinating story, and a contentious one” – Screen Daily
This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
- Year2020
- Runtime100 minutes
- LanguageFrench, Armenian, English, Russian, With English subtitles
- CountryFrance, Armenia, Belgium
- DirectorNora Martirosyan
- CastGrégoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman Navasardyan
Online: Sunday, October 3—Sunday, October 10, 2021
Should the Wind Drop
Si le vent tombe
Dir. Nora Martirosyan, 2020, 100 min
With Grégoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman Navasardyan
In French, Armenian, English, Russian with English subtitles
Official Selection, Cannes Festival 2020
French auditor Alain Delage (Grégoire Colin, in tour-de-force performance) arrives in the war-torn South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh to study the feasibility of a new airport. He is quickly engrossed in the struggles of a proud people living on hope alone, and attempts to help them achieve their goals. Armenian-born writer-director Nora Martirosyan’s extraordinary debut combines a precise and subtle portrayal of a complex geopolitical situation with a poetic, sensual evocation of life and human resilience.
“A fascinating story, and a contentious one” – Screen Daily
This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of UniFrance and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
- Year2020
- Runtime100 minutes
- LanguageFrench, Armenian, English, Russian, With English subtitles
- CountryFrance, Armenia, Belgium
- DirectorNora Martirosyan
- CastGrégoire Colin, Hayk Bakhryan, Arman Navasardyan