Earthquake (2016 film)
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- Grant Barsegyan
- Arsen Danielyan
- Aleksey Gravitskiy
- Sergey Yudakov
- Marty Bowen
- Gevond Andreasyan
- Sarik Andreasyan
- Ruben Dishdishyan
- Aram Movsesyan
- Marty Bowen
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| Directed by | Sarik Andreasyan |
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| Cinematography | Yuriy Korobeynikov |
| Distributed by | Karoprokat |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Armenia |
| Languages | Armenian Russian |
| Box office | $3.6 million[1][2] |
Earthquake (Armenian: Երկրաշարժ, romanized: Yerkrasharzh; Russian: Землетрясение, romanized: Zemletryaseniye) is a 2016 Russian-Armenian disaster drama film directed by Sarik Andreasyan based on the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[3][4] It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[5][6] However, the film was disqualified by the Academy for not meeting the submission requirements.[7][8]
- Sebastien Sisak as Didier, a cynologist
- Sabina Akhmedova as Gayane
- Konstantin Lavronenko as Konstantin Berezhnoy
- Artyom Bystrov as a hoistman
- Armen Margaryan as Armen
- Arsen Grigoryan as Ryzhiy
- Maria Mironova as Anna Berezhnaya
- Michael Poghosyan as Erem
Box office
According to Box Office Mojo, Earthquake grossed $3.6 million in Russia and ex-Soviet countries,[1] against a budget of RUB 200,000,000 (approximately $3.3 million in 2016), according to Kinopoisk.[9]
Reception
Critical reception of the film in Russian media ranged from mixed to positive.[10][11] Earthquake had the best critical reception of all films directed by Sarik Andreasyan.