A Story of People in War and Peace
A Story of People in War and Peace is a 2007 documentary film about Armenian filmmaker and war veteran, Vardan Hovhannisyan, who had an understanding of the human cost of war.
A story of peace and savary
Vardan Hovhannisyan
Vardan Hovhannisyan
Vardan Hovhannisyan
Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Tigran Baghinyan
- February 18, 2007
69 minutes
Armenia
Armenian
Prompted by a question from his son, Hovhannisyan embarks on a journey to find his surviving trench mates from the first Nagorno-Karabakh War of the early nineties and examines the lasting effects of the war during peacetime. The documentary wrestles with the question of how to maintain dignity in the face of terror.
Background[edit]
Historians cite the Karabakh war (1989–1994) as one of the first signs of the Soviet Union's collapse.
Vardan Hovhannisyan, front line journalist and former prisoner of war, lived alongside soldiers, doctors, nurses, villagers, and children caught in the conflict, capturing their immediate thoughts, impressions and last words to their families. He spent years processing his war experience before finally creating the retrospective documentary.