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2016 film

Earthquake
Film poster
Directed bySarik Andreasyan
Written by
  • Grant Barsegyan
  • Arsen Danielyan
  • Aleksey Gravitskiy
  • Sergey Yudakov
  • Marty Bowen
Produced by
  • Gevond Andreasyan
  • Sarik Andreasyan
  • Ruben Dishdishyan
  • Aram Movsesyan
  • Marty Bowen
Starring
CinematographyYuriy Korobeynikov
Distributed byKaroprokat
Release date
  • 25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
Running time101 minutes
CountryArmenia
LanguagesArmenian
Russian
Box office$3.6 million

Earthquake (Armenian: Երկրաշարժ, Russian: Землетрясение) is a 2016 Russian-Armenian disaster drama film directed by Sarik Andreasyan based on the 1988 Armenian earthquake. It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. However, the film was disqualified by the Academy for not meeting the submission requirements.

Cast

Box office

According to Box Office Mojo, Earthquake grossed $3.6 million in Russia and ex-Soviet countries, against a budget of RUB 200,000,000 (approximately $3.3 million in 2016), according to Kinopoisk.

Reception

Critical reception of the film in Russian media ranged from mixed to positive. Earthquake had the best critical reception of all films directed by Sarik Andreasyan.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zemletriasenije (The Earthquake)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. "Zemletriasenije (The Earthquake)". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. "Screening of Sarik Andreasyan's "Earthquake" in Gyumri". Panorama. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. "Armenian National Film Academy Receives 3 Applications for Oscars Submission". Asbarez. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. "Armenia picks "Earthquake" for foreign language Oscar race". Panarmenian. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. Holdsworth, Nick (4 September 2016). "Oscars: Armenia Selects 'Earthquake' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. Kozlov, Vladimir (12 October 2016). "Foreign-Language Oscar: Armenian Submission Disqualified". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. "Armenia's Oscar entry creators explain Academy's disqualification". Panarmenian. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. Землетрясение (2016) — кассовые сборы — КиноПоиск
  10. Рецензии на фильм Землетрясение / Землетрясение (2016), отзывы
  11. Землетрясение (2016) — отзывы о фильме зрителей и рецензии критиков

External links

Armenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Films directed by Sarik Andreasyan
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