Alter Ego

Alter Ego

2016 · 125 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama, Fantasy

A film about the great Komitas, one of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, who wasn't killed, but went crazy and kept silence for 20 years

Directed by Vigen Chaldranyan · Written by Vigen Chaldranyan

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