Viddler

To the bright memory of Sergei Parajanov...
(this film was made at Hayk studio in Yerevan (Armenia) in 1995; written and directed by Andrei Ayrapetov, for his Diploma work). It contains rare footage of Parajanov just months before his death...
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Sergei Parajanov is considered by many to be one of the most original and critically-acclaimed filmmakers of the 20th century.
He was born to Armenian parents Iosif Paradjanyan and Siranush Bejanyan, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
He died of cancer in Yerevan, Armenia, on July 20, 1990, aged 66, leaving his final masterpiece The Confession unfinished. It survives in its original negative as Paradjanov: The Last Spring, assembled by his close friend Mikhail Vartanov in 1992. He left behind a book of memoirs, also titled "The Confession".
Such luminaries as Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi, Alberto Moravia, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni and Bernardo Bertolucci were among those who publicly mourned his passing.