The Lovelorn Minstrel (Ashug-Karibi (Ashik Kerib)) (1988)

7	Listal rating
7.3	IMDB rating

Release date : 1 May 1989

Drama (1), Romance (1), Foreign (1), Creativity (1), 1988 (1), Experimental (1), Georgia (1), Soviet Union (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), MMG (1), Myth/religion (1), Journeying (1), Masculine/feminine (1), Soulmates (1)

Description

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights - but not before he's got the daughter to promise not to marry till his return. It's told in typical Paradjanov style, in a series of visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' overlaid wit ... (more)

Directed by

Sergei Parajanov

Dodo Abashidze

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Written by (View all) :

Gia Badridze

writer

Mikhail Lermontov

story Ashik Kerib the Lovelorn Minstrel

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