The Color of Pomegranates 1969

One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, Sergei Parajanovs "Color of the Pomegranate," a biography of the Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova (King of Song) reveals the poets life more through his poetry than a conventional narration of important events in Sayat Novas life. We see the poet grow up, fall in love, enter a monastery and die, but these incidents are depicted in the context of what are images from Sergei Parajanovs imagination and Sayat Novas poems, poems that are seen and rarely heard. Sofiko Chiaureli plays 6 roles, both male and female, and Sergei Parajanov writes, directs, edits, choreographs, works on costumes, design and decor and virtually every aspect of this revolutionary work.