GATE TO HEAVEN
by Jivan Avetisyan
synopsis
Haunted by his past, German journalist Robert Sternvall returns to Artsakh after 22 years when the Nagorno-Karabakh war reignites. Through his investigation, he meets opera singer Sophia Marti, who is the daughter of Edgar Martirosyan, a man who he abandoned in captivity in 1992. As their romance develops, Robert’s guilty conscience catches up.
international title: | Gate to Heaven |
original title: | Gate to Heaven |
country: | Armenia, Lithuania, Germany, France, United States, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy |
sales agent: | MPM Film (Movies Partners in Motion Film) |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jivan Avetisyan |
screenplay: | Artavazd Yeghiazaryan |
cast: | Richard Sammel, Tatiana Spivakova, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Benedict Freitag, Naré Haykazyan, Sos Janibekyan, Aram Karakhanyan, Nina Kronjäger, Arthur Manukyan |
cinematography by: | Rytis Kurkulis |
film editing: | Eimantas Belickas |
art director: | Sevakn Baghdasaryan, Jurgita Gerdvilaite |
music: | Michele Josia |
producer: | Masis Baghdasaryan, Kęstutis Drazdauskas |
co-producer: | Marco Gilles |
executive producer: | Adrineh Mirzayan |
associate producer: | Robert Hofferer, Angelika Schouler |
line producer: | Narine Voskanyan |
production: | Artbox, 7 Morgen Filmproduktion, Glaam Media Invest, Timeless Production Group, The Lab – a Media Production Company, Ala Bianca SRL, Fish eye Art Cultural Foundation (AM), ARTsakh Arts and Cultural Foundation (US) |
backing: | Lithuanian Film Centre (LT) |