Michael A. Goorjian
Charlie
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Amerikatsi (Armenian: Ամերիկացի, romanized: Amerikats'i) is a 2022 Armenian comedy-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.
Sep 29, 2022 · Amerikatsi: Directed by Michael A. Goorjian. With Michael A. Goorjian, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nelli Uvarova, Mikhail Trukhin. Charlie escapes the Armenian genocide as a boy by fleeing to the United States, but he returns as an adult and is arrested.
Dec 28, 2023 · Three decades after the 1915 Armenian Genocide, an optimistic American Armenian returns to his Sovietized homeland, only be thrown in prison under flimsy circumstances.
Filled with warmth and humor, Amerikatsi celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the bonds that unite us all. In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule.
Sep 8, 2023 · In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hope of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under...
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Amerikatsi. A film of tremendous spirit and hope, Amerikatsi follows Charlie as he returns to his Armenian homeland and finds a country under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, he soon discovers he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window.
Sep 7, 2023 · In the late 1940s, the Soviet Union invited Armenians living abroad to resettle in Soviet Armenia. In “Amerikatsi,” the actor-director Michael Goorjian imagines one such journey and finds an ...
Aug 8, 2023 · Variance Films. 13.3K subscribers. 350K views 9 months ago. ...more. In select theaters September 2023In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of...
Sep 8, 2023 · In Amerikatsi, Michael Goorjian channels his inner Roberto Begnini and even Charlie Chaplin to bring humor and levity to a solemn subject. But the best part is he shines a light on the Armenian people and their resurgence to re-establish their culture after great tragedy.
Amerikatsi (2022) Drama. Trailer. In 1947, an Armenian-American repatriates to Armenia only to end up in a Soviet prison. Hopeless and alone, he discovers he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window, where a native Armenian man, unaware that he is being watched, slowly reveals the soul of Armenia hidden behind the iron curtain.
