Amerikatsi (2022)
In 1948, decades after fleeing Armenia to the US as a child, Charlie returns in the hopes of finding a connection to his roots, but what he finds instead is a country crushed under Soviet rule. After being unjustly imprisoned, Charlie falls into despair, until he discovers that he can see into a nearby apartment from his cell window - the home of a prison guard. hope, prison cell, painting, armenia, communist party, 1950s, cultural identity, armenian diaspora, josef stalin, soviet