Sour Grape

– Two years after receiving news of his father’s death in WWII a young boy continues to wait for tra..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 16 Minutes
Release Year:
1974
Original Name:
Տարեթիվ
Sour Grape (1974) - Also known as Տարեթիվ

Two years after receiving news of his father’s death in WWII a young boy continues to wait for trains from the front. The boy lives with his crippled uncle rather than with his mother, who has remarried and has another child. Then one day the father returns.

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Release Date:

30 Aug 1974

Language:

Armenian

Director:

Bagrat Oganesyan

Writer:

Ruben Ovsepyan

Main Actors:

A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan, Alla Tumanian

Plot:

Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father's death. Small boy neither could accept it nor reconcile himself with the new family of his mother who married to another man. The boy prefers to live with his handicapped uncle and every day visits the railway station waiting the trains coming from the frontline. And, indeed, his father comes back after two years of guerilla warfare. But he must leave for war again as soon as his injury is healed. Vahe must be strong enough to withstand the blow.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10