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Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev
Promotional release poster
Directed byEdgar Baghdasaryan
Written byEdgar Baghdasaryan
Produced byKarine Simonyan[1]
StarringMais Sarkisyan
CinematographySuren Tadevosyan
Edited byNarek Khachaturian
Alexander Baghdasaryan
Music byAndranik Berberyan
Production
companies
Edgar Baghdasaryan Film Production
National Cinema Centre of Armenia
Distributed byStoryboard Media
Release date
  • July 10, 2024 (2024-07-10) (GAIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesArmenia
Russia
LanguagesArmenian
Russian

Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev (Armenian: Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը) is a 2024 absurdist tragicomedy film[2] written and directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan.[3] Starring Mais Sarkisyan as a retired Armenian reluctant to accept the dissolution of the Soviet Union imagines conversations with former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and other communist leaders.[4]

It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[5]

Synopsis

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Yasha is an old, retired man who remembers one of the highlights of his career: participating as a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. However, his future seems repellent when he faces the reality where the USSR dissolved then he tries to hold on to the past. As part of his ineptitude for the new he imagines political conversations with former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and other prominent communist figures. At the same time, Yasha swears loyalty to him which creates problems for his family.[6]

Cast

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  • Mais Sarkisyan as Yasha
  • Maksim Vitorgan as Leonid Brezhnev
  • Lilit Salnazaryan as Valya
  • Avital Lvova as Elena Ceausescu
  • Georgy Engelgard as Fidel Castro
  • Ruzanna Khachatryan
  • Arsen Chachoyan
  • Nazir Zhukov
  • Samad Mansurov
  • Irina Abrosimova
  • Zita Badalyan

Release

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It had its world premiere on July 10, 2024, at the 21st Yerevan Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival,[7] then screened on August 17, 2024, at the Armenian Film Festival Australia,[8] and on September 6, 2024, at the Armenian Film Festival in Los Angeles.[9]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2024 4th Anahit Awards Best Director Edgar Baghdasaryan Won [10]
Best Actor Mais Sarkisyan Won
Best Cinematography Suren Tadevosyan Won
Best Screenplay Edgar Baghdasaryan Won
Best Sound Tigran Kuzikyan Won

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Հայկական կինոյի քայլերը Բեռլինի կինոշուկայում". Kinoashkharh (in Armenian). 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. ^ "Golden Apricot: Edgar Baghdasaryan's new film among Yerevan premieres". Panorama.am. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  3. ^ Martirosian, Razmik. "«Դրսում 6 բալանոց փոթորիկ է, իսկ նավի ղեկին շիմպանզե է նստած». Էդգար Բաղդասարյան (տեսանյութ)". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. ^ "Հայաստանի կողմից «Օսկարի» կներկայացվի էդգար Բաղդասարյան «Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը» ֆիլմը". Panorama.am. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  5. ^ "«Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը»". Armenian National Film Academy (in Armenian). Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Yasha & Leonid Brezhnev". Armenian Film Festival Australia. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  7. ^ "Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev". Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  8. ^ "2024 Film Festival Schedule". Armenian Film Festival Australia. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  9. ^ "Armenian Film Festival". Armenian Film Society. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  10. ^ "The 4th "Anahit" National Film Award ceremony of the Armenian National Film Academy". Cinema Foundation of Аrmenia. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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