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Deadlock
Endless Escape, Eternal Return trilogy is dedicated to the most painful issue of modern Armenia – emigration. Each film tells of a hero: a theatre director, an engineer, an artist. The second film Deadlock is dedicated to Levon – an engineer, who was deeply respected years ago in Yerevan among those who knew him, since he did have “golden hands” and could “cure” any car. Right after the Soviet Union collapsed, when life became really unbearable in Armenia because of war and isolation, Levon immigrated to the Los Angeles, USA together with his family. The film follows his life in the United States, his hard work and family problems. What is the reason that this clever man with “golden hands” cannot find himself in this country of endless possibilities? Why has this family, once was seemingly harmonious in Armenia, appeared on the verge of collapse?
Harutyun Khachatryan
Born in 1955 in Akhalkalaki, Georgia, Harutyun Khachatryan is a director, producer, scriptwriter, and Honored Artist of RA. He graduated from the Film Department of the Faculty of Culture of the Armenian State Pedagogical University in 1981. Between 1981-1986, he worked as an assistant director and film director at the Armenian Documentary Studio and between 1987 – 2005, he worked in Hayfilm Studio as Director and Producer. He has directed films that have been awarded at various international film festivals. He received the State Award of Armenia for his film Documentarist, the Award of President of RA and Hayak National Cinema Award for Border. Since 2006, Khachatryan is a voting member of the European Film Academy, Director of Golden Apricot FCD, and since 2004 the co-founder and the General Director of Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF. Khachatryan was awarded with the Prince Klaus Award in 2007. In 2008, he became a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture of France.
Filmography
2016 – Deadlock
2012 – Endless Escape, Eternal Return
2009 – Border
2006 – Return of the Poet
2003 – Last Station (1994), The Documentarist
1991 – Return to the Promised Land
1989 – The Wind of Emptiness
1988 – White Town
1987 – Kond
1986 – Three Rounds from Vladimir Yengibaryan’s Life
1985 – Hosted by the Commander
1985 – Chronicle of a Case
1981 – The Voices of the District