--- title: 'The Tango of Our Childhood (1985)' type: 'film' director: 'Albert Mkrtchyan' released: '1985-01-01' runtime_minutes: 92 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Soviet Union' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tango-of-our-childhood-1985' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090124/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Tango of Our Childhood (1985) 1985 · 92 min · Drama · Soviet Union ## Synopsis The Tango of Our Childhood is a 1984 Soviet-Armenian tragicomedy film written and directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and starring Frunzik Mkrtchyan and Galya Novents. Novents' performance as a mother who struggles to raise her children during post-World War II Armenia was awarded Special Mention at the Venice Film Festival. Mkrtchyan dedicated the autobiographical story to his hometown of Gyumri. The filming locations highlighted the historic buildings of Gyumri which were marked for preservation as the Kumayri Reserve in 1980. The New York Times described Novents' performance as that of "a kind of Anna Magnani earth mother who acts at the top of her lungs." ## Credits - **Director:** [Albert Mkrtchyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-mkrtchyan) - **Screenplay:** [Albert Mkrtchyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-mkrtchyan) - **Original Music Composer:** [Tigran Mansurian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tigran-mansurian) - **Director of Photography:** [Rudolf Vatinyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-vatinyan) ## Cast - [Azat Gasparyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/azat-gasparyan) - [Nona Petrosyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nona-petrosyan) - [Elina Aghamyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-aghamyan) - [Artyusha Gyodakyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/artyusha-gyodakyan) - [Frunzik Mkrtchyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frunzik-mkrtchyan) - [Galya Novents](https://cinepixo.com/people/galya-novents) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tango-of-our-childhood-1985 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4451101); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.