Aren https://paragraph.com/@aren traveler Sat, 02 May 2026 16:17:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Aren https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c4180e9dabdc1f1c854d3973d21c3e14c74f00c72bbb837b9632c99be3913b05.jpg https://paragraph.com/@aren All rights reserved <![CDATA[Amerikatsi (movie)]]> https://paragraph.com/@aren/amerikatsi-movie 3p3dJrkxB9fpbKuYvcq9 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:00:02 GMT Amerikatsi (Armenian: Ամերիկացի, romanized: Amerikats'i) is a 2022 Armenian drama film written, edited, directed by, and starring Michael A. Goorjian. The film is about an Armenian-American who repatriates to the Armenian SSR after World War II and ends up in a Soviet prison.

The film premiered at Woodstock Film Festival in 2022, winning the Best Narrative Feature award. It received positive reviews. It was also selected as the Armenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

Synopsis

Armenian-American repatriate Charlie Bakhchinyan is arrested for the absurd crime of wearing a tie in Soviet Armenia. Alone in solitary confinement, he soon discovers that he can see inside of an apartment building near the prison from his cell window. By watching the native Armenian couple living in the apartment, day in and day out, Charlie soon discovers everything he returned to Armenia for.

Amerikatsi is about hope and the art of survival in the worst of conditions.

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