Mikhail Vartanov's The Last Spring is a masterwork that tells the story of his friendship with Sergei Parajanov, a genius filmmaker arrested by the KGB for criticizing the Soviet regime. The film features riveting scenes from Parajanov's banned film The Color of Armenian Land and reveals a shocking secret request in an unpublished 1974 letter from the Ukrainian prisons. The Last Spring also documents Parajanov's last day at work in 1990 during the making of the unfinished film Confession, as well as his comments on his autobiographical film.
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Mikhail Vartanov's poignant film tells the story of his friendship with Sergei Parajanov, a renowned filmmaker who was arrested by the KGB for his bold criticism of the government at the height of his fame.
