Vodka Lemon (, , ) is a 2003 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed and co-written by the Iraqi–Kurdish director Huner Saleem.
Plot The film is set in a Yazidi village in Armenia, still suffering economically from the Soviet Union's 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 revitalises them.
Awards San Marco Prize, Best Film Award, 60th Venice International Film Festival, 2003. Jury Award, Feature Film/Best Actor, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2004. Grand Prize, Jury Prize and Best Photography, Mons International Festival of Love Films, 2004. Best Film 2003 nominee – Bangkok Film Festival, 2004
Cast Romen Avinian Lala Sarkissian Gagik Sargsyan Ruzan Mesropyan Zahal Karielachvili Armen Marutyan Astrik Avaguian Ivan Franěk
Soundtrack Tombe la neige by Salvatore Adamo Письмо (Pismo / Letter) by Klavdiya Shulzhenko
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