Earthquake (2016 film)

Earthquake (Armenian: Երկրաշարժ, Russian: Землетрясение) is a 2016 Russian-Armenian drama film directed by Sarik Andreasyan about 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]

Earthquake
Film poster
Directed bySarik 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
CinematographyYuriy Korobeynikov
Distributed byKaroprokat
Release date
  • 25 July 2016 (2016-07-25)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryArmenia
LanguagesArmenian
Russian
Box office$3.6 million[1][2]

Cast

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.

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