Roman Balayan

Roman Gurgenovich Balayan (Armenian: Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, Russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union[1]) is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director.[2] Balayan worked as an actor in the theater of Stepanakert (located in the Nagorno-Karabakh region) in 1959–1961.He is well-known for his literary adaptations; authors whom Balayan has adapted for the screen are Anton Chekhov (Kashtanka, 1975; The Kiss, 1983, TV), Ivan Turgenev (The Lone Wolf, 1977; First Love, 1995), and Nikolai Leskov (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1989).His film Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982), a drama about depression and a midlife crisis, is one of his most well-known works.At the time of its release, politically minded viewers perceived it as a critique of Brezhnevian “stagnation”.
Nerkin HorataghNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous OblastSoviet UnionArmenianRussianNagorno-KarabakhYerevan State Institute of Theatre and CinematographyKyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television UniversityDovzhenko Film StudiosSergei ParajanovThe Lone WolfLady Macbeth of the Mtsensk DistrictFlights in Dreams and RealityGuard Me, My Talisman43rd editionVenice Film FestivalInternational Istanbul Film FestivalLone Wolf28th Berlin International Film FestivalBirds of Paradise30th Moscow International Film FestivalAnton ChekhovVariety Film Reviews