Ashik Kerib (1988)
Directed by Sergei Parajanov, David Abashidze · Cinematography by Albert Yavuryan
73 min51 frames
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What is Ashik Kerib about?
Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights. Now presumed dead by those he loves, he performs for the poor and unfortunate on his journeys through the wilderness. Parajanov's visually ravishing 'tableaux vivants' tell Lermontov's romantic tale while Turkish and Azerbaijani folk songs transport us into its mystical landscapes.
Ashik Kerib, sometimes known internationally as The Lovelorn Minstrel, is a 1988 Soviet art film directed by Dodo Abashidze and Sergei Parajanov that is based on the short story of the same name by Mikhail Lermontov. It was Parajanov's last completed film and was dedicated to his close friend Andrei Tarkovsky, who had died two years previously. The film also features a detailed portrayal of Azerbaijani culture.
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Who stars in Ashik Kerib?
Yuri Mgoyanas Ashik Kerib
Sofiko Chiaurelias Mother
Ramaz Chkhikvadzeas Ali-Agha
Who made Ashik Kerib?
Sergei ParajanovDirector
David AbashidzeDirector
Albert YavuryanCinematography
What does the cinematography of Ashik Kerib look like?
Sampled across 51 frames, the coverage of Ashik Kerib leans on close-ups (35% of the sample) and wide compositions (29%). Cinematographer Albert Yavuryan keeps 84% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 75% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Ashik Kerib?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ashik Kerib (1988) are #342c2a, #4b382e, #89776d, #d4d1cc, #d0af91, #f7f4f2 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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