Vodka Lemon (Kurdish Sorani: ڤۆدکا لیمۆ) is a 2003 film directed by the Iraqi–Kurdish director #Hiner Saleem#.=KTML_Link_External_Begin=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379577/=KTML_Link_External_Between=لینکی زانیاری زیاتر لەسەر فیلمەکە=KTML_Link_External_End=
Produced by Fabrice Guez
Written by Lei Dinety
Pauline Gouzenne
Hiner Saleem
Starring Romen Avinian
Lala Sarkissian
Distributed by New Yorker Films
Release date
1 October 2004
Running time
84 minutes
Country France
Italy
Switzerland
Armenia
Language Armenian
Kurdish
Russian
French
Budget 2,0 M
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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.[1]
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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
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Romen Avinian
Lala Sarkissian
Gagik Sargsyan
Ruzan Mesropyan
Zahal Karielachvili
Armen Marutyan
Astrik Avaguian
Ivan Franěk