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    DEPARDIEU WILL SHOOT A FILM ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
    By Alexander Tagvoryan

    YerevanReport.com
    Sept 6 2010
    Armenia

    YEREVAN, September 06-Famous French actor Gerard Depardieu arrived in
    Armenia with a two-day visit to take part in the international festival
    "Karot" (Nostalgia), which started on September 2 in Stepanakert
    (the capital of Nagorno Karabakh) and now continues in Yerevan.

    On Saturday, September 6, Depardieu visited Tsitsernakaberd and laid
    a wreath at the "Eternal Flame," commemorating the victims of the
    Armenian Genocide in 1915.

    "Today I visited the memorial to the victims of the Armenian
    Genocide of 1915, and it impressed me greatly, just like other
    similar memorials, for example, the memorial of Yad Vashem (the
    museum-monument to Holocaust victims) in Israel," said Depardieu to
    the Armenian journalists.

    Gerard Depardieu also said that he had an intention to make a film
    about Armenia, the Armenians and the Armenian Genocide. This film will
    likely show some historical period in Armenia, and French actors of
    Armenian origin will take part in it.

    According to him, Armenia with it exceptional and interesting
    geographical location and the Armenian people are very interesting. "I
    know that this country is focused on the future, and my goal is to
    show this Armenia, which is rapidly moving forward, but doesn't forget
    about the old wounds," he said.

    Depardieu also said he knows much about the Armenian people, because
    he knows many Armenians that live in France now. "I know why and
    how they went there [to France] and what does the Genocide that took
    place in 1915 mean," the actor said.

    He also said that there are many famous actors and athletes with
    Armenian origin in France now. The most interesting thing for him was
    the fact that the French Armenians didn't forget their traditions and
    language. "They speak both their native language and the language of
    the country that sheltered them," said Depardieu.

    According to Depardieu, his new film will tell about a young Armenian
    man who lives in France and has never seen Armenia. He has heard
    about his motherland from old stories only. In particular, he has
    heard a lot about the Armenian Genocide and the horrors that the
    Armenian people had to go through.

    "Then, for example, this young man takes me to Armenia with him and
    begins to talk and to present Armenia as he sees it. This is enough
    to make a movie and to show today's Armenia," said Depardieu.




    From: A. Papazian
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