1915 (film)
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| Directed by |
Garin Hovannisian Alec Mouhibian |
| Produced by | Garin Hovannisian Alec Mouhibian Terry Leonard |
| Written by |
Garin Hovannisian Alec Mouhibian |
| Starring |
Simon Abkarian Angela Sarafyan Samuel Page Nikolai Kinski |
| Music by | Serj Tankian |
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $96,682 |
1915 is a 2015 psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Garin Hovannisian and Alec Mouhibian. It is produced by Hovannisian and Mouhibian with Terry Leonard, and stars Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Samuel Page, and Nikolai Kinski, along with Jim Piddock. 1915 follows a mysterious theater director in present-day Los Angeles as he stages a controversial play to bring the ghosts of a forgotten tragedy back to life. The title refers to the Armenian Genocide. The film also features the first original film score by Serj Tankian, the Grammy-winning frontman of System of a Down.
1915 was released theatrically in the United States on April 17, 2015, and was the #2 box-office performing debut film on its opening weekend. It released widely in Russia on April 23 and Armenia on April 25. In December, 2015, it screened in Turkey as part of the Lake Van International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Massacre committed within Ottoman Empire, a director (Simon Abkarian) is staging a play at the historic Los Angeles Theatre to honor the victims of the massacre. The play stars his enigmatic wife (Angela Sarafyan) as an Armenian woman in 1915 who must make a tragic and controversial decision that will change the course of history. This will not be an ordinary performance. As protesters surround the theater before showtime, and a series of strange accidents spread panic among its actors (Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski) and producer (Jim Piddock), it appears that Simon's mission is far more dangerous than we think—and the ghosts of the past are everywhere.
The film explores many themes, especially that of denial—referring not only to the supposedly 100-year denial of the alleged Armenian Genocide by the Republic of Turkey, but also the many forms of individual denial among the characters in the story.
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