Vodka Lemon

Vodka Lemon

6.6

Nov 21 2003

1h 27m

Drama, Comedy, Romance

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are penniless--she works in a local bar that is about to close down, while he has been forced to start selling his meager possessions. All seems hopelessly bleak, yet when Hamo begins to court Nina, their unexpected love revitalizes them.

Romen Avinian

Romen Avinian

Hamo

Lala Sarkissian

Lala Sarkissian

Nina

Ivan Franěk

Ivan Franěk

Dilovan

Ruzan Mesropyan

Ruzan Mesropyan

Zine (as Rouzanna-Vite Mesropian)

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