Vodka Lemon Explained

Vodka Lemon
Starring:Romen Avinian
Lala Sarkissian
Director:Hiner Saleem
Producer:Fabrice Guez
Distributor:New Yorker Films
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:France
Italy
Switzerland
Armenia
Language:Armenian
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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