Earthquake (2016 film)

2016 film

Earthquake

Film poster

Directed by| Sarik Andreasyan
Written by|

* Grant Barsegyan
* Arsen Danielyan
* Aleksey Gravitskiy
* Sergey Yudakov
* Marty Bowen

Produced by|

* Gevond Andreasyan
* Sarik Andreasyan
* Ruben Dishdishyan
* Aram Movsesyan
* Marty Bowen

Starring|

* Konstantin Lavronenko
* Maria Mironova

Cinematography| Yuriy Korobeynikov
Distributed by| Karoprokat

Release date

* 25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)

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]

## Cast

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* 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

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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

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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.

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Armenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ a b "Zemletriasenije (The Earthquake)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
2. ^ "Zemletriasenije (The Earthquake)". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
3. ^ "Screening of Sarik Andreasyan's "Earthquake" in Gyumri". Panorama. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
4. ^ "Armenian National Film Academy Receives 3 Applications for Oscars Submission". Asbarez. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
5. ^ "Armenia picks "Earthquake" for foreign language Oscar race". Panarmenian. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
6. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (4 September 2016). "Oscars: Armenia Selects 'Earthquake' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
7. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (12 October 2016). "Foreign-Language Oscar: Armenian Submission Disqualified". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
8. ^ "Armenia's Oscar entry creators explain Academy's disqualification". Panarmenian. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
9. ^ Землетрясение (2016) — кассовые сборы — КиноПоиск
10. ^ Рецензии на фильм Землетрясение / Землетрясение (2016), отзывы
11. ^ Землетрясение (2016) — отзывы о фильме зрителей и рецензии критиков

## External links

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* Earthquake at IMDb

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Armenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

* Symphony of Silence (2001)
* Vodka Lemon (2003)
* Autumn of the Magician (2009)
* If Only Everyone (2012)
* Earthquake (2016) (Disqualified)
* Yeva (2017)
* Spitak  (2018)
* Lengthy Night (2019)
* Songs of Solomon (2020)
* Should the Wind Drop (2021)
* Aurora's Sunrise (2022)
* Amerikatsi (2023)
* Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev (2024)

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Films directed by Sarik Andreasyan

* Lopuhi (2009)
* Office Romance. Our Time (2011)
* The Pregnant (2011)
* Moms (2012)
* Some Sloppy Friend (2012)
* Happy New Year, Moms! (2012)
* Sex Competition (2013)
* Sex Competition 2 (2014)
* American Heist (2014)
* Mafia: The Game of Survival (2015)
* Earthquake (2016)
* Guardians (2017)
* Love in the City of Angels (2017)
* Unforgiven (2018)
* Girls Are Different (2019)
* Robo (2019)
* Goodbye, America! (2020)
* Emergency Landing (2023)

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