Vodka Lemon

Vodka Lemon
Theatrical Poster
Directed byHiner Saleem
Written byLei Dinety
Pauline Gouzenne
Hiner Saleem
Produced byFabrice Guez
StarringRomen Avinian
Lala Sarkissian
Edited byDora Mantzorou
Distributed byNew Yorker Films
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Switzerland
Armenia
LanguagesArmenian
Kurdish
Russian
French
Budget$2,0 M

Vodka Lemon (Kurdish: Vodka Lîmon, Armenian: Վոդկա լիմոն, Russian: Водка Лимон) is a 2003 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed and co-written by the Iraqi–Kurdish director Huner Saleem.

Plot

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.

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Soundtrack