Music to Madness: The Story of Komitas
Synopsis: “Music to Madness – The Story of Komitas”, examines the Armenian Genocide from the perspective of Komitas, an Armenian composer and priest who experienced a life filled with the passion of dreams pursued. Tragically, Komitas also witnessed the devastation of that dream during the calamity of the Armenian Genocide in the years 1915 – 1923. Through the life and tragedy of Komitas, genocide is considered not only as a demographic description of mass killing, but also as the murder of individual persons and the implications of their murders on the culture they leave behind.
Genre: Documentary, Historical
Director: Robert Deranian
Starring: Saro Bedoyan, Leila Benmerrouche, Herows Hovsepian
Language: English
Country: United States
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