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Vodka Lemon | |
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Directed by | Hiner Saleem |
Written by | Lei Dinety Pauline Gouzenne Hiner Saleem |
Produced by | Fabrice Guez |
Starring | Romen Avinian Lala Sarkissian |
Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | France Italy Switzerland Armenia |
Languages | Armenian Kurdish Russian French |
Budget | $2,0 M |
Vodka Lemon ( Kurdish: Vodka Lîmon, Armenian: Վոդկա լիմոն, Russian: Водка Лимон) is a 2003 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed and co-written by the Iraqi– Kurdish director Huner Saleem.
The film is set in a Yazidi village in Armenia, still suffering economically from the Soviet Union's collapse. Hamo, a widower with three sons, visits his wife's grave every day. In the graveyard, he meets Nina, a widow who works at a local roadside stand called Vodka Lemon which is about to close down. Both are penniless, yet start an unexpected relationship which revitalises them.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2019) |
Vodka Lemon | |
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![]() Theatrical Poster | |
Directed by | Hiner Saleem |
Written by | Lei Dinety Pauline Gouzenne Hiner Saleem |
Produced by | Fabrice Guez |
Starring | Romen Avinian Lala Sarkissian |
Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Countries | France Italy Switzerland Armenia |
Languages | Armenian Kurdish Russian French |
Budget | $2,0 M |
Vodka Lemon ( Kurdish: Vodka Lîmon, Armenian: Վոդկա լիմոն, Russian: Водка Лимон) is a 2003 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed and co-written by the Iraqi– Kurdish director Huner Saleem.
The film is set in a Yazidi village in Armenia, still suffering economically from the Soviet Union's collapse. Hamo, a widower with three sons, visits his wife's grave every day. In the graveyard, he meets Nina, a widow who works at a local roadside stand called Vodka Lemon which is about to close down. Both are penniless, yet start an unexpected relationship which revitalises them.