SCREENINGS AT THE SHOE FACTORY Khachaturian: A film about one composer’s life and music during the
great Soviet experiment
Sunday 23 May 2010, 8:30pm The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Street, Nicosia
(Limited Seating. Pre-booking essential)
Throughout the year the Pharos Arts Foundation presents screenings of an
eclectic range of films to showcase various ways of art expression and
history. Screenings at the Shoe Factory promise some engaging and exciting
evenings of music and art documentaries, rare sound and vision footage, as
well as historical performances.
Duration: 83'
Language English, Russian
Direction: Peter Rosen
Our story takes place in the former Soviet Union – a place of unique
juxtapositions; of idealism and terror, heroism and betrayal, high culture
and foolish pretension. What kind of art could flourish under these
conditions, and how did artists, writers, and composers cope with the
arbitrary nature of Socialism Realism?
This film is about the life of a composer creating in the darkness of a
tragic era. A life full of contradictions: Was Aram Khachaturian playing the
fool for Stalinism, or composing music that cried out against its evils? Was
he a Soviet favourite musical icon, or a sacrificial lamb? A loyal subject
of the Kremlin, or secret dissident? An Armenian composer, rooted to his
heritages, or the New Socialist Man? Like most Soviet citizens, Khachaturian
hid a complex private life behind a mask of Communist loyalty.
Entrance: EUR5 / Free for Friends & Supporters of the Foundation
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