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Artavazd Pelechian – Vremena goda aka Seasons of the Year (1975)

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The history of the Armenian nation from a Marxist point of view.
Illustrated by Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”.

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Artavazd Pelechian’s Seasons of the Year (1975), a film-essay about the contradiction
and the harmony between man and nature, was the the 2nd and the last collaboration
with Vartanov, who had directed Autumn Pastoral (1971) from Peleshian’s screenplay.
In the Seasons of the Year (1975), for the first time, Artavazd Pelechian did not use any
archival footage likely due to the exquisite cinematography by Vartanov. Peleshian’s
Seasons of the Year (1975) is one of the 3 most important documentary films made in
Armenia, along with Sergei Parajanov’s Hakop Hovnatanian (1967) and Vartanov’s
Paradjanov: The Last Spring (1992).

The crew of the 30 minute black and white picture, also known as Four Seasons,
Seasons of the Year, Tarva Yeghanakner and Vremena Goda, reportedly included
Tigran Mansurian, who frequently worked with Parajanov, Vartanov and Peleshian.

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Peut-être l’un des plus beau film du cinéaste, c’est en tout cas celui qui lui assure aujourd’hui une reconnaissance internationale. Les Saisons, est un très beau poème où sont évoqués, en une vaste parabole, les moments déterminants de l’histoire arménienne, depuis les origines volcaniques, jusqu’à la période industrielle. Mais au-delà de cette symbolique où l’on peut lire aussi l’histoire des migrations du peuple arménien, demeurent des séquences étonnantes et inoubliables : l’inertie lente et aventureuse d’une transhumance, des corps en apesanteur, comme passant, infiniment, par-dessus les terres, ou par-dessus les flots, méprisant tous les ancrages, une vision ludique, apaisée, de la moisson et de la fenaison, et ce rythme, surtout, ce rythme qui nourrit l’émotion, sans discours et sans commentaire, et qui fait de toute épreuve le témoignage d’un humanisme salutaire et sublime.

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