Armenian writer/director Sergi Parajanov's treatment of the life of the 18th century poet and musican Sayat-Nova is so abstract, that Soviet censors wouldn't let him advertise it as a bio-pic. Abstract and intensely visual the movie is a kind of visual poem that can't really be done justice in words, it is worth seeking out at least clips of online, in order to understand just how unconventional this film is. There are only bits of biography you can suss out in the film, but you come away with a real sense of the person even as you learn few facts about the man. I suspect this movie will benefit from repeat viewing. ***
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