Saturday, 21 September 2019

Vodka Lemon (2003) - 90 min

Country: Armenia
Director: Hiner Saleem
Cast: Romen Avinian & Lala Sarkissian.
Hamo is a widower whose pension does not cover his basic needs. He regularly visits the cemetery to talk to his late wife and there he meets an attractive widow, Nina who works in the Vodka Lemon bar.
Vodka Lemon is filled with a sweet elderly romance between Hamo and Nina and a horseman whose mission is never revealed by the director. It talks about the heavyweight of poverty based on the screenplay by Beatrice Pollet and the plot is full of dry humor. The pacing of the movie is often too slow and takes a very long time to build the romance. It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. Hope is the main factor that forces all the characters to do things. Overall, It's an extraordinary film that offers a few moments of weird comedy and strictly recommended to world cinema fans.
Verdict: Good

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