Films byTexts by Sergei Parajanov
FILM
The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov, 1969, 79’

Sergei Parajanov’s masterpiece paints an astonishing portrait of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, the ‘King of Song’. Parajanov’s aim was not a conventional biography but a cinematic expression of his work, resulting in an extraordinary visual poem.