Armenian crime drama Thus Spoke the Wind, written and directed by Maria Rigel, can have its world premiere as a part of the Proxima competitors lineup of the 2025 Karlovy Fluctuate Worldwide Movie Pageant (KVIFF).
The unbiased Armenian manufacturing stars Albert Babajanyan, Lusine Avanesyan, and Annika Abrahamyan, with cinematography by Ayrat Yamilov.
THR can now solely unveil the poster and a trailer for the film.
The movie tells the story of a household on the sting of society. Hayk, a withdrawn and aloof baby, lives on a farm along with his aunt Narine and will get mocked and referred to as unusual by others. After a prolonged keep overseas, his mom returns to the farm. “The locals overtly condemn her conduct as a result of she doesn’t observe the foundations of society,” reads a plot synopsis. “Narine, unable to forgive Anahit for the disgrace introduced upon her together with her conduct, decides to take revenge.”
The film options native expertise, most of whom should not skilled actors. That selection displays the director’s try to make sure “authenticity and create a way of documentary realism,” she explains in a director’s assertion. The crew consisted of native individuals and immigrants from the post-Soviet nations.
“The movie continues the cultural traditions of Armenian auteur cinema,” Rigel says. “The documentary model of the movie is mixed with the brilliant colour poetics of [Soviet filmmaker Sergei] Parajanov’s cinema, which displays the trendy world of Armenia, the conflict of traditions of the previous and current.”
She additionally notes the significance of the music within the movie. “The soundtrack to the movie was created by American composer Steve Model,” recognized for his ambient music with tribal and ritualistic vibes, the director says. “His magical music completely emphasizes the spirit of contemporary Armenian aesthetics.”
The thought for the movie first got here to her in 2022 after relocating to Armenia. “I used to be deeply moved by this nation – its tradition, nature, and folks. Modern Armenia holds inside it layers of each the previous and the current, coexisting in a continuing, unresolved pressure, and but someway complementing each other,” she recollects. “By the story, I needed to symbolically mirror the conflict between the archaic
mindset of a standard society and the quiet rise up of a youthful era.”
The KVIFF description of the movie additionally notes: “This cryptic, visually and aurally mesmerizing movie, seen by the eyes of a kid pressured to develop up too quickly, is dominated by the all-pervading motif of the wind. Its rustling stirs the strain in a radicalizing conservative society, whereas its wailing heralds the irreversible penalties of raging human emotion.”
Watch the trailer for Thus Spoke the Wind beneath to get a primary style for its visible and audio model, in addition to its characters.