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Directed by | Hiner Saleem |
Produced by | Fabrice Guez |
Written by | Lei Dinety Pauline Gouzenne Hiner Saleem |
Starring | Romen Avinian Lala Sarkissian |
Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
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84 minutes |
Language |
Kurdish Armenian Russian French |
Budget | $2,0 M |
Vodka Lemon (Kurdish Sorani: ڤۆدکا لیمۆ) is a 2003 film directed by the Iraqi–Kurdish director Hiner Saleem.
The movie is set in a Yazidi village in Armenia, still suffering economically from the Soviet Union collapse. Hamo, a widower with three sons, visits his wife's grave every day. In the graveyard, he meets Nina, a widow who works at a local roadside stand called Vodka Lemon which is about to close down. Both are penniless, yet start an unexpected relationship which revitalizes them.