Overview
- The film, directed by Tamara Stepanyan and running 1h44, is released in theaters on December 31.
- Camille Cottin plays Céline, who travels to Armenia to register her husband’s death and seeks documents tied to identity and nationality for her children.
- Stepanyan conceived the project over a decade to touch multiple national wounds rather than stage a conventional historical account.
- The production embraces real locations, non-actors, and chronological shooting, with scenes in Gyumri reflecting lived realities from the 1988 earthquake.
- Early reviews note a road‑movie structure with documentary force, highlight Cottin’s performance, and point to a fragile screenplay shaped by heavy historical context including the 2020 war and 2023 displacement.