Francesca Levi transposed Parajanov’s classic The Colour of Pomegranates to the no less exotic seaside resort of Blackpool in the UK. Her sister, film composer Mica Levi (Jackie, Under the Skin) delivered the musical equivalent for this kaleidoscopic video. Originally conceived as a part of the series ‘The Unfilmables’.
Also see Francesca and Mica Levi: The Colour of Chips (Talk).
Also in this combined programme
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Hakob Hovantanyan
With a playful associative montage, Parajanov offers an overview of portrait paintings by Hakob Hovnatanyan, the ‘Raphael of Tiflis’. -
Kiev Frescoes
Parajanov’s collage of all the remaining footage from an aborted film project, which had its negatives destroyed by the authorities. -
Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme
A documentary film about the great ‘primitive’ painter Niko Pirosmani, a Georgian equivalent to Henri Rousseau, and a role model for Paraj
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 34'
- Medium/Format
- File
