FILM

Ladoni (Palms)
Artur Aristakisyan, 1994, RU, 35mm, 139'

Palms is Artur Aristakisyan's astonishing portrait of people who live on the margins of life and exist outside normal society. Profound, spiritual and hallucinatory, Palms is remarkable at every level and one of the most visionary films. Narrated by the director addressing his unborn son, the film is compassionate, revelatory and bold in its originality.