BRAVO VIRTUOSO

Lévon Minasian

france armenia belgium 2017 92 min

Alik, 25, has been raised by his grandfather, conductor of a renowned classical orchestra in post-Soviet Armenia where cultural institutions are failing and oligarchs allied with the mafia hold power. Alik, a clarinetist, is the virtuoso in this orchestra whose existence is seriously threatened when its key sponsor is murdered. One night, Alik comes into possession of a hired killer's mysterious telephone, which is used only to commission hits. Manipulated by a crook's daughter with whom he falls hopelessly in love and wishing to save the orchestra at all costs, Alik decides to take on the identity of the killer known as "The Virtuoso" and attempt to carry out his contracts. But Alik is a virtuoso musician, not a killer.

• About the film

  Directed by Lévon Minasian

  Screenplay Lévon Minasian Stephanie Kalfon

  Cast Samvel Tadevossian Mariya Akhmetzyanova Arman Navasardyan

  Music Tigran Hamasyan Michel Petrossian

  Cinematography Mko Malkhasyan

  Editing Nicolas Desmaison

  Production Companies Agat Films and Cie Artemis Productions HK Productions Seppia Production

• Festivals & Awards

  Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG)
  2017 | Grand Prix — Golden FIFOG

  Festival du Cinéma et Musique de Film — La Baule
  2017 | Golden Ibis — Audience Award

  Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest
  2018 | Closing Night Film
  Golden Ring — Best Film

  Festival Cin’Edison — Lorgues
  2017 | Audience Award

  Indépendance(s) et Création — Auch
  2017 | Out of Competition

  Cinémed — Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
  2016 | Out of Competition

  Arpa International Film Festival — Los Angeles
  2016 | Opening Night Film

  Black Nights Film Festival — Tallinn
  2016 | Out of Competition

  Pomegranate Film Festival — Toronto
  2016

  Rencontres Cinématographiques — Pézenas
  2017 | Out of Competition

  Golden Apricot International Film Festival — Yerevan
  2017

  Skip City International D-Cinema Festival — Saitama
  2017

  Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
  2017 | Out of Competition

  International Film Festival “East & West. Classics and Avant-Garde” — Orenburg
  2017

  Ariano International Film Festival
  2017

  Kinoshock International Film Festival — Anapa
  2017 | Out of Competition

  Festival International du Film Grolandais
  2017 | Out of Competition

  Armenian Film Festival — Australia
  2017 | Opening Night Film

  International Sound & Film Music Festival — Pula
  2017 | Nomination: Crystal Pine — Best Original Score

  Slemani International Film Festival
  2017

  Festival du Monde Arabe — Montréal
  2017

  Festival international du cinéma francophone — Canada
  2017

  Ciné-Carbonne
  2017

  International Sound & Film Music Festival
  2017 | Nomination: Crystal Pine — Best Original Score — Tigran Hamasyan & Michel Petrossian