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Many years ago,
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before you were born,
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in the center of the world,
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Armenians and Turks lived in peace,
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side by side.
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During that time there was a boy.
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His name was Solomon.
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He was an orphan.
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He was penniless, frail, and weak.
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Despite all this,he was always thoughtful and kind.
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This boy would grow upto be known as Komitas.
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He would rise above his humble beginnings
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to eventually be known asthe savior of Armenian music.
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He would be a priest, a singer,a composer, and a choirmaster.
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This was, of course, before theHamidian Massacres of 1894
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and before the horrors of the 1915Genocide that followed.
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Sadly, the consequences of those eventswould drive Komitas to madness.
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But above all...
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he was my friend.
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Songs of Solomon
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Inspired By True Events
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Constantinople 1915
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I can still rememberthe last time I saw him.
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It would be his final performance.
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I can still smell the fresh paint
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they had hastily repaintedthe concert house with...
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...in gaudy Ottoman red.
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Solomon immediately attracted theattention of the audience.
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Some wishing to adore him,
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and some wishing to do him harm.
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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen!
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Tonight, you will be in thepresence of a true musical genius.
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In the presence of Komitas!
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With his devoted hard work,
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this native son of Anatoliahas given wings to Armenian music.
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He has sacrificed all of life'spleasures and conveniences.
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He has spent his life in the villages,
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deciphering the Armenianancient musical system
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revitalizing the true musicof an entire people.
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As a proud Turk, I have the utmostrespect for this man's musical genius.
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Unfortunately, we haven't yetbeen lucky enough
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to have someone like this manto preserve Turkish music.
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The truth is that the Armenian people
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are at the forefrontof our cultural enrichment.
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The Armenian creative mind
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has left its mark in all cornersof the Ottoman Empire.
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Of course, it's not his fault
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he was born ofArmenian blood and not Turk.
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But he is fortunate - very fortunate -
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that he was bornin the glorious Ottoman Empire.
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Long live the great Talaat Pasha!
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Long live the Ottoman Empire!
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Talaat Pasha, was one such villain,a serial murderer and madman.
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On April 24, 1915,
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Talaat Pasha orderedthe arrest and deportation
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of Armenian intellectuals in Istanbul,
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all of whom were ultimately murdered.
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My friend, Komitas, was one of thosemen that he arrested.
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This concert was the perfect setup.
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Maestro! It's time!
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Koutina, Ottoman Empire 1881
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When we first met, we were only just kids.
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Music, to put it mildly,
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was an obsession for us.
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I am a Turk.
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But my best friend,Sona, was an Armenian girl.
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And then came Solomon,
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and the music...
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...connected us all.
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Don't forget. Back straight,elbows up, fingers relaxed.
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Like this?
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Sona.
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Coming.
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I guess you would think it was strangethat my closest friends were Armenians.
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Sona and Solomonwere Christian, and I was a Muslim.
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But, as I said before,
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this was a time before the hatehad spread into people's hearts...
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...like a cancer.
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That's all for today.
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Now it is time for Sevil to go home.
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Sona, don't be late!
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Okay, mom!
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How do you know that melody?
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That was the first time I saw him.
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This kid was spying on our lesson.
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Can you sing it again?
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Sure.
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This child has a holy voice!
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Who is he?
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The orphan singer.
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What are you staring at? Kick it!
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Wanna play with us?
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Play? With us? Yeah, right!All he can do is sing!
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Kick the ball!Show them you can do it!
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Too bad your dad didn't teach youhow to play ball before he died.
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Stupid orphan!
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Sing, orphan! Meow meow!
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What did you just say?
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Now the Armenian girl isprotecting the street rat!
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Sissy!
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Shut your mouths, hooligans!
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You're protectingthis wretched Armenian scum?
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Go ahead. Go ahead.
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My dad says that all Armeniansare going to pay soon enough
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for betraying the Empire.
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What's going on here?
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What are you doing? Stop it!
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Stop that!
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Go home before I call your parents!
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As for this boy, leave him alone.
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Don't you know he's an orphan?
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Don't you know?
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Come here, little one.
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Come.
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Why are you crying?
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It's not fair! It's not right!
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What?
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Life?
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All the other kids have homes. Parents.They play games.
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Solomon. Darling.
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We can't change the past.
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What is done, is done.
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You think God has turned his back on you?
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But he's given you somethingno one else in the world has.
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What, Grandma? What?
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Voice! He's given you voice!
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You have the most beautifulvoice in the world!
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I know it. I feel it in my heart.
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You were born to do great things.
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All you need to do is believe.
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You really think that?
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I don't think...
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I know!
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How?
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God told me.
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He came to me one day in a dream,
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and told me he will alwaysbe by your side.
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Never lose your faith in God.
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But also never lose faith in yourself.
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Everything's going to be all right.
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Everything.
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You will see.
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You will see!
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Archbishop! Where are we going?
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Archbishop!
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God, give me strength.These orphans are unbearable!
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Why won't you tell me where we're going?
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We're going, father,
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to find one of those "unbearable"orphans you speak of.
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I don't understand!
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There's nothing to understand.
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I've just received a letter from theHoly See of Etchmiadzin.
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The patriarch himself has asked meto find a child to study in the seminary.
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A child that is blessedwith a voice for singing.
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Here?
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You want to find that child here?
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These children can barely speak properly,let alone sing in Armenian!
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Who do you expect to find inthis riff raff and rabble?
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If you open your eyes wide, father,
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and your heart...
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you'll surely findwhat you are looking for.
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A street urchin!?
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Please tell me you're joking.
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Enough, father!
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Don't try my patience.
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Don't be afraid, my child.
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I know you sing.
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Who taught you this skill?
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No one.
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I taught myself.
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I listen, and I learn.
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You have a natural talent, my son.
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Archbishop, please rethink this decision.
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You're right, father.
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My job is to think.
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Your job is to teach this boy our gospels.
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Come with me, my child.
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Fear not.
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Take my hand.
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That encounter with the Archbishopwould change his life forever.
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It would change all our lives forever.
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I attended this last concertwith deep concern.
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I wanted to see my old friend...
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...but my heart was filled with fear.
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Maestro! It's your entrance.
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Solomon!
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Solomon!
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I suppose the outside world ismore interesting to you.
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Something wrong, father?
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This boy would ratherlisten to a peasant sing,
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than learn the hymnal.
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Silence!
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I already know the hymnal!
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Insolent child!
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That's impossible.We've only gone over it once!
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Out! Out of this church, liar!
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Patience, father.
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I'm not lying.
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You say you know the hymnal?
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Show us.
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Seems that the boy was truthful, father.
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Silence!
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What are you doing here?
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We've brought you yummy things!
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For me?
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But why?
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So you can eat!
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And sing better!
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Hey, you girls! What are you doing here?
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Know what I wish?
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I wish I could give a big concertin a beautiful concert hall
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in front of hundreds of people.
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I wish I could get married,
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have a big house and live in Paris.
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What about you?
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I wish I could see my mom. Just once.
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Your mother?
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She's very beautiful.
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She died when I was little.
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Grandma says that she was always sad,but that she loved to sing.
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What about your father?
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He died a few years ago.
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Now all I have is my grandmother.
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You have us!
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Yeah, yeah! You have us!
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Let's make a pact thatwe'll stay friends forever!
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I swear!
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I swear!
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I swear!
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Please don't be sad.
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I'm going to miss him, too.
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We're his friends.
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We have to be happy thathe will be studying at the seminary.
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He'll finally be ableto live a decent life.
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Plus, you still have me!
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Promise that you'll never leave.Promise we'll always be friends.
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I promise, Sevil.
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Will you write to us from the seminary?
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Of course. If someone will bring them.
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It's time to go.
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You won't forget us, right?
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Never.
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13 Years Later
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Koutina, Ottoman Empire 1894
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I'm so happy you came. Let's dance!
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Sevil, you know how much I love you.
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You know I would goto the ends of the earth to see you,
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to see your smile.
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But I cannot allow youto continue living this way.
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Live how?
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These people may be good people,
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but I warn you:stay away from these Armenians.
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"These" Armenians?
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"These" Armenians are my friends!
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And I am your fiance!
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You're still a child, Sevil.
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You have no idea what's in store for them.
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What are you saying?
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The Armenian "situation"is about to explode,
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and anyone close to themwill also pay the price.
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I don't understand.
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You NEED to understand!
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Sultan Hamid is a lunatic.
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Every day we get telegramsfrom Constantinople.
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There have been protests. Riots.
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Osman.
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This is a day of rejoicing.
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If you're not goingto celebrate with us, you should go.
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But I would still like to dance with you.
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Sona's never been so happy.
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I can't believe you've returnedafter all these years.
272
00:37:22,514 --> 00:37:25,309
When you were in the seminary...
273
00:37:25,392 --> 00:37:27,561
did you miss Koutina?
274
00:38:42,469 --> 00:38:45,639
If I knew I'd have to listento this racket all day,
275
00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:47,725
I'd have thought twicebefore marrying you.
276
00:38:47,808 --> 00:38:49,727
It's not racket. It's Bach.
277
00:38:59,361 --> 00:39:01,989
I'm sorry,but I won't be by your side tonight.
278
00:39:02,072 --> 00:39:03,866
What?
279
00:39:03,949 --> 00:39:04,950
Why not?
280
00:39:05,034 --> 00:39:06,201
Don't fret.
281
00:39:06,285 --> 00:39:07,870
You're going to shine tonight.
282
00:39:07,953 --> 00:39:09,413
Osman!
283
00:39:09,496 --> 00:39:12,583
Don't over practice before your concert.You'll ruin it.
284
00:39:17,504 --> 00:39:19,173
They've called an emergency meeting.
285
00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:22,760
I don't know what it's about,but I'm obliged to attend.
286
00:39:22,843 --> 00:39:24,136
Osman, what meeting?
287
00:39:25,179 --> 00:39:26,013
I can't say.
288
00:39:26,096 --> 00:39:27,640
You can't say?
289
00:39:27,723 --> 00:39:29,850
You can't ever tell me anything.
290
00:39:29,933 --> 00:39:31,477
Calm down, Sevil.
291
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,480
I have a bad feeling about this.What aren't you telling me?
292
00:39:34,563 --> 00:39:36,940
Don't worry yourself over nothing.
293
00:39:37,024 --> 00:39:39,151
"Over nothing?"
294
00:39:39,234 --> 00:39:42,237
You are the one who saidSultan Hamid is a lunat—
295
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:49,328
Sevil.
296
00:39:54,083 --> 00:39:56,335
Today is a day of rejoicing.
297
00:41:54,703 --> 00:41:57,039
Please be careful.
298
00:42:00,376 --> 00:42:01,794
Why?
299
00:42:01,877 --> 00:42:04,380
I worked on that for weeks.
300
00:42:06,548 --> 00:42:08,926
What work? It's just an ordinary pot.
301
00:42:09,927 --> 00:42:11,804
Yes, the pot is ordinary.
302
00:42:11,887 --> 00:42:14,056
But the artwork on it is not.
303
00:42:14,139 --> 00:42:15,975
Artwork?
304
00:42:17,476 --> 00:42:19,061
What artwork?
305
00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:23,565
Looks like scribbles to me.
306
00:42:23,649 --> 00:42:25,609
It's not scribble.
307
00:42:25,693 --> 00:42:28,112
They are Armenian ornaments.
308
00:42:28,195 --> 00:42:30,197
Oh, you don't say.
309
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,282
Armenian ornaments?
310
00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:36,286
A thousand apologies.
311
00:42:37,287 --> 00:42:38,664
How much does it cost?
312
00:42:38,747 --> 00:42:40,374
That one in particular is very expensive.
313
00:42:40,457 --> 00:42:42,042
Approximately—
314
00:42:46,130 --> 00:42:47,673
Oh, shit.
315
00:42:48,674 --> 00:42:52,177
My apologies. A thousand apologies.
316
00:42:55,180 --> 00:42:58,017
And this one?
317
00:42:59,393 --> 00:43:01,103
Also expensive?
318
00:43:03,564 --> 00:43:04,690
Damn.
319
00:43:05,733 --> 00:43:07,151
This one fell, too.
320
00:43:08,152 --> 00:43:10,154
I apologize.
321
00:43:10,237 --> 00:43:12,865
I have a feelingthis one will fall as well
322
00:43:12,948 --> 00:43:14,742
if...
323
00:43:14,825 --> 00:43:16,827
it is also expensive.
324
00:43:24,418 --> 00:43:26,587
I apologize.
325
00:43:26,670 --> 00:43:29,673
And now how much is all this trash worth?
326
00:43:32,551 --> 00:43:36,138
You Armenians need to finally learnyour place in this world.
327
00:43:37,556 --> 00:43:40,684
You need to understandthat there is no more...
328
00:43:40,768 --> 00:43:44,980
No Armenian, no Armenia.
329
00:43:51,695 --> 00:43:54,073
These lands are ours now.
330
00:43:54,156 --> 00:43:56,325
There is only the Ottoman Empire.
331
00:44:02,498 --> 00:44:05,125
Perhaps, if you Turks...
332
00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:08,379
put a little effortinto building your own culture
333
00:44:08,462 --> 00:44:11,465
instead of destroying others,
334
00:44:11,548 --> 00:44:14,635
you too would havesomething to be proud of.
335
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:18,514
But I'm afraid...
336
00:44:18,597 --> 00:44:20,349
that's not going to happen.
337
00:44:21,350 --> 00:44:23,978
Take a look at the tattersin your soldier's boots.
338
00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:26,230
Is that not the extent of your culture?
339
00:44:26,313 --> 00:44:28,607
Why don't you apologize for that?
340
00:44:30,734 --> 00:44:32,277
Now, you listen to me.
341
00:44:32,361 --> 00:44:33,946
I am Armenian.
342
00:44:36,532 --> 00:44:38,409
And this is Armenia.
343
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:40,721
Sarkis?
344
00:45:44,016 --> 00:45:45,017
Sarkis?
345
00:45:46,018 --> 00:45:47,603
Yes, it's me.
346
00:45:48,604 --> 00:45:50,481
Why are you so late?
347
00:45:50,564 --> 00:45:52,566
Dinner is almost ready.
348
00:45:53,692 --> 00:45:56,445
Did you remember to pick up the cradle?
349
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:01,325
Sarkis!
350
00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:04,995
Sarkis, what happened?
351
00:46:05,996 --> 00:46:07,581
What happened, Sarkis?
352
00:46:15,255 --> 00:46:16,548
Turks?
353
00:46:17,591 --> 00:46:19,510
I can't say.
354
00:46:19,593 --> 00:46:20,928
Can't or won't?
355
00:46:21,011 --> 00:46:23,138
Sona, calm down. Please. It's nothing.
356
00:46:23,222 --> 00:46:26,350
The same thing happened last weekin Simbat's shop.
357
00:46:26,433 --> 00:46:29,061
People in the city are becoming restless.
358
00:46:30,145 --> 00:46:33,816
There's no work, so they stealto make ends meet.
359
00:46:35,818 --> 00:46:37,820
I'm okay, honey. I'm okay.
360
00:46:37,903 --> 00:46:39,405
Don't cry.
361
00:46:40,406 --> 00:46:43,367
I'm just sorry I couldn't pick upthe baby's cradle.
362
00:49:06,385 --> 00:49:10,222
I'm sorry I'm late, but I'm surethe concert went splendidly.
363
00:49:10,306 --> 00:49:11,348
Where's Sarkis?
364
00:49:11,432 --> 00:49:13,642
He isn't feeling well.
365
00:49:14,601 --> 00:49:17,521
It's nothing. It'll pass.
366
00:49:18,772 --> 00:49:20,441
I don't see Osman.
367
00:49:20,524 --> 00:49:22,943
There was an emergency at work.He had to go.
368
00:49:24,945 --> 00:49:27,489
Sevil, you look worried.
369
00:49:27,573 --> 00:49:31,201
"Don't worry yourself over nothing."
370
00:49:31,285 --> 00:49:32,870
What?
371
00:49:32,953 --> 00:49:36,707
I said, don't worry everything's fine.
372
00:49:37,750 --> 00:49:39,752
Yes. Everything's fine, Sevil.
373
00:49:40,711 --> 00:49:43,255
I'm certain if Solomonsaw your performance,
374
00:49:43,339 --> 00:49:45,341
he would be very proud of you.
375
00:49:46,216 --> 00:49:48,052
Any word from him?
376
00:49:48,135 --> 00:49:50,179
He wrote me a few weeks ago.
377
00:49:50,262 --> 00:49:51,555
He's in Tbilisi
378
00:49:51,639 --> 00:49:53,641
studying with maestro Yekmalian.
379
00:49:54,683 --> 00:49:57,770
I played an Armenian song tonight.
380
00:49:57,853 --> 00:50:00,773
Solomon sent me the notes.He wrote them himself.
381
00:50:00,856 --> 00:50:02,941
Too bad you weren't here to hear it.
382
00:50:03,025 --> 00:50:08,364
Yes, too bad.But I'm sure you played marvelously.
383
00:50:12,826 --> 00:50:15,996
See? The baby agrees!
384
00:50:17,831 --> 00:50:22,503
Osman and I were planningto tell you tonight,
385
00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:26,298
but I just can't wait anymore.I have to tell you.
386
00:50:26,382 --> 00:50:28,926
We're also expecting!
387
00:50:43,857 --> 00:50:47,611
I've called this secret meeting tonight
388
00:50:47,695 --> 00:50:51,907
to reach a conclusionto the "Armenian situation".
389
00:50:54,034 --> 00:50:57,705
This problem has increased from a headache
390
00:50:57,788 --> 00:51:00,791
to a full grown cancer.
391
00:51:01,792 --> 00:51:04,461
The Armenians must be removed.
392
00:51:04,545 --> 00:51:06,213
Eradicated.
393
00:51:09,466 --> 00:51:11,260
After which...
394
00:51:11,343 --> 00:51:14,096
we will plant anew,
395
00:51:14,179 --> 00:51:16,807
which will blossom,
396
00:51:16,890 --> 00:51:19,518
and we will build
397
00:51:19,601 --> 00:51:23,355
a great and prosperous empire.
398
00:51:23,439 --> 00:51:25,691
Yes, that's right.
399
00:51:26,692 --> 00:51:30,237
We have allowed them to attain and occupy
400
00:51:30,321 --> 00:51:32,948
vital positions in our government,
401
00:51:33,032 --> 00:51:35,492
govern banks.
402
00:51:35,576 --> 00:51:39,955
They're in control of most business,
403
00:51:40,039 --> 00:51:42,458
markets and manufacturing trades.
404
00:51:42,541 --> 00:51:48,172
They even make as much as the common Turk,and they are infidels.
405
00:51:48,255 --> 00:51:50,549
But, more importantly,
406
00:51:50,633 --> 00:51:52,968
they are unfaithful to the Empire.
407
00:51:54,345 --> 00:51:57,806
The recent events are proof of that.
408
00:51:57,890 --> 00:52:01,268
I'm sure that you are all aware of whathappened in Sasoun.
409
00:52:02,353 --> 00:52:05,314
The Armenians are riotingagainst the government
410
00:52:05,397 --> 00:52:07,608
and not only in Sasoun.
411
00:52:07,691 --> 00:52:09,777
They are rioting everywhere.
412
00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:11,862
Mr. General,
413
00:52:11,945 --> 00:52:13,864
if I may interject.
414
00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:19,578
The Armenians in Sasoun areprotesting merely
415
00:52:19,662 --> 00:52:23,248
in an attemptto preserve their civil rights.
416
00:52:27,503 --> 00:52:34,468
A cry to end the looting and murderof their people by the savage Kurds.
417
00:52:35,511 --> 00:52:37,179
Mr. Mayor,
418
00:52:37,262 --> 00:52:41,850
from your words it sounds likeyou are siding with the Armenians.
419
00:52:41,934 --> 00:52:42,935
I...
420
00:52:43,018 --> 00:52:45,104
am siding with the truth.
421
00:52:45,187 --> 00:52:47,606
Truth?
422
00:52:47,690 --> 00:52:48,899
What truth?
423
00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:52,319
The truth is...
424
00:52:52,403 --> 00:52:54,947
the Armenians are spying for the Russians.
425
00:52:56,448 --> 00:52:58,450
They're so naive
426
00:52:58,534 --> 00:53:01,662
that they don't understand. They don't see
427
00:53:01,745 --> 00:53:05,791
that the Russians, by provoking rebellionin the Armenian regions,
428
00:53:05,874 --> 00:53:10,546
they are simply using the Armenians tocreate problems for Turkey.
429
00:53:11,964 --> 00:53:13,966
And those...
430
00:53:14,049 --> 00:53:15,926
rat Christians
431
00:53:16,010 --> 00:53:18,053
have faith
432
00:53:18,137 --> 00:53:20,681
that if the Russians defeat us
433
00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:24,476
they will return to the Armenians,their "ancestoral" lands.
434
00:53:26,395 --> 00:53:30,733
They will regret trusting the Russiansfor centuries to come.
435
00:53:30,816 --> 00:53:32,735
That's enough.
436
00:53:32,818 --> 00:53:37,781
This is a letter of order from thegreat Sultan Hamid II.
437
00:53:37,865 --> 00:53:42,411
"Suppress the Armenian situationby any means necessary.
438
00:53:42,494 --> 00:53:45,247
Even at the cost of blood."
439
00:53:45,331 --> 00:53:48,417
We strip them of their weapons
440
00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:53,130
and take by the will of Allah...
441
00:53:53,213 --> 00:53:55,716
what is rightfully ours.
442
00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:57,801
Only ours.
443
00:53:59,011 --> 00:54:01,639
This is madness!
444
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,516
The Armenians are our friends.
445
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,394
We've lived with them in peacefor centuries.
446
00:54:08,395 --> 00:54:12,441
The Armenian people have always stood out
447
00:54:12,524 --> 00:54:15,319
with their loyal serviceto the Ottoman civilization.
448
00:54:15,402 --> 00:54:17,321
How do you not see, Mr. General?
449
00:54:18,364 --> 00:54:21,325
By exterminating and eradicatingthe Armenian people,
450
00:54:21,408 --> 00:54:24,787
you are forever removing from Turkeyinnovative thought.
451
00:54:26,330 --> 00:54:28,082
Architecture.
452
00:54:28,165 --> 00:54:29,833
Music.
453
00:54:29,917 --> 00:54:31,585
Literature.
454
00:54:33,629 --> 00:54:37,132
Any wealth the Armenians have acquiredhas been from honest work
455
00:54:37,216 --> 00:54:38,425
like you have
456
00:54:38,509 --> 00:54:40,469
or I have...
457
00:54:40,552 --> 00:54:42,638
or any one of us has.
458
00:54:42,721 --> 00:54:46,308
Silence, buffoon! You're no better thanthese Armenian rats!
459
00:54:46,392 --> 00:54:49,687
How dare youspeak to me that way, you cretin.
460
00:54:49,770 --> 00:54:51,021
Silence!
461
00:54:55,567 --> 00:54:58,028
Mr. Mayor...
462
00:54:58,112 --> 00:54:59,780
please excuse him.
463
00:55:00,781 --> 00:55:03,659
He merely wants to be certainthat everyone in this room
464
00:55:03,742 --> 00:55:05,744
is united in our decision.
465
00:55:07,663 --> 00:55:12,376
I have prepared a letter ofhomage for all to sign,
466
00:55:12,459 --> 00:55:15,713
a pledge of allegiance to ourSultan in Istanbul,
467
00:55:15,796 --> 00:55:19,091
that we all support his decision.
468
00:55:22,094 --> 00:55:25,014
Perhaps you should sign first, Mr. Mayor.
469
00:55:28,392 --> 00:55:29,727
Please.
470
00:55:35,441 --> 00:55:36,734
Please!
471
00:56:34,750 --> 00:56:36,502
Captain.
472
00:56:37,586 --> 00:56:39,338
Not feeling well?
473
00:56:41,340 --> 00:56:44,385
I hope you weren't troubled by theGeneral's speech.
474
00:56:45,469 --> 00:56:47,721
No, I'm just not feeling verywell today.
475
00:56:48,931 --> 00:56:50,891
Needed some fresh air.
476
00:56:54,645 --> 00:56:57,272
I heard you were married recently.Congratulations.
477
00:56:58,482 --> 00:57:00,150
Thank you.
478
00:57:02,403 --> 00:57:04,363
Just out of curiosity, Captain...
479
00:57:06,865 --> 00:57:12,204
...what would you do if someonethreatened your family?
480
00:57:12,287 --> 00:57:13,998
For example, I...
481
00:57:14,081 --> 00:57:16,125
what I would do?
482
00:57:16,208 --> 00:57:18,585
I would strike down,
483
00:57:18,669 --> 00:57:21,463
chew the throat out of...
484
00:57:21,547 --> 00:57:25,134
any beastor man that did the threatening.
485
00:57:27,344 --> 00:57:31,640
Some animals were born to live.
486
00:57:31,724 --> 00:57:35,602
Some were born to die.
487
00:57:38,814 --> 00:57:42,818
The same is true for people.Wouldn't you agree?
488
00:57:49,700 --> 00:57:52,494
And some people were born to slither.
489
00:57:58,834 --> 00:58:00,127
Colonel.
490
00:59:33,804 --> 00:59:38,350
Tbilisi 1895
491
00:59:40,644 --> 00:59:42,938
My dearest Solomon,
492
00:59:43,022 --> 00:59:47,359
I hope this letter finds you well.
493
00:59:48,444 --> 00:59:51,238
I write to you with fear in my heart.
494
00:59:51,322 --> 00:59:53,991
Fear for Sona and Sarkis.
495
00:59:56,535 --> 01:00:00,539
There are anti-Armenianriots all throughout the Empire,
496
01:00:00,622 --> 01:00:02,958
and they have found their way to Koutina.
497
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:07,630
I fear the worst is yet to come.
498
01:00:08,839 --> 01:00:12,843
We have to get Sona and Sarkisout of Koutina before it's too late.
499
01:00:14,637 --> 01:00:17,890
Please don't return,for the time being.
500
01:00:17,973 --> 01:00:23,479
As always, with love, Sevil.
501
01:01:01,266 --> 01:01:03,268
Whatever happens, stay inside.
502
01:01:04,269 --> 01:01:05,938
Do you hear me?
503
01:01:06,021 --> 01:01:07,106
Stay here.
504
01:01:30,004 --> 01:01:32,798
Sarkis Balian.
505
01:01:46,395 --> 01:01:48,230
Have I done something wrong?
506
01:01:49,231 --> 01:01:52,526
Or is simply being Armenian a crime now?
507
01:01:52,609 --> 01:01:57,281
By order of Sultan Abdul Hamid II,
508
01:01:57,364 --> 01:01:59,575
you are hereby under arrest
509
01:01:59,658 --> 01:02:04,496
for the crime of treasonagainst the Ottoman Empire.
510
01:02:06,582 --> 01:02:07,583
Bastard.
511
01:02:07,666 --> 01:02:08,625
Thank you.
512
01:02:08,709 --> 01:02:09,710
Infidel!
513
01:02:10,878 --> 01:02:12,671
Please, please. Have mercy!
514
01:02:12,755 --> 01:02:13,797
Sona, go inside!
515
01:02:13,881 --> 01:02:15,090
Let her go, you bastard!
516
01:02:43,285 --> 01:02:46,955
Please don't take him.
517
01:02:48,165 --> 01:02:50,542
He hasn't done anything.
518
01:02:51,752 --> 01:02:53,587
Please.
519
01:02:54,797 --> 01:02:56,006
Please.
520
01:02:57,216 --> 01:03:00,344
I will return.
521
01:03:00,427 --> 01:03:03,222
I will definitely return.
522
01:05:48,012 --> 01:05:53,225
Tbilisi 1896
523
01:06:39,605 --> 01:06:43,025
The mass destruction of Armenians.
524
01:06:59,416 --> 01:07:04,505
Koutina, Ottoman Empire 1896
525
01:08:44,229 --> 01:08:46,148
Any news of Sarkis?
526
01:09:03,582 --> 01:09:05,918
We have to get her out of Koutina.
527
01:09:06,919 --> 01:09:08,754
It's not safe here anymore.
528
01:09:14,843 --> 01:09:16,637
Get a doctor!
529
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:17,721
I can't!
530
01:09:17,805 --> 01:09:21,517
He'll report us for harboring an Armenian!They'll kill us all!
531
01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,560
Then find someone you can trust!
532
01:10:32,546 --> 01:10:34,798
God is great!
533
01:10:38,510 --> 01:10:41,972
Death to Armenians!!!
534
01:11:45,327 --> 01:11:47,287
Harutyun.
535
01:11:51,083 --> 01:11:53,961
I'll name you Harutyun.
536
01:12:13,439 --> 01:12:15,858
Thank you.
537
01:12:17,526 --> 01:12:21,113
If you really want to thank me,
538
01:12:21,196 --> 01:12:24,116
speak of this to no one.
539
01:12:25,117 --> 01:12:29,997
I've already put myself and my familyat risk for being here.
540
01:12:49,808 --> 01:12:52,603
This baby is a blessing, Sona.
541
01:13:04,698 --> 01:13:07,701
Promise me, that no matter what happens,
542
01:13:07,785 --> 01:13:10,537
you will take care of Harutyunas your own son.
543
01:13:10,621 --> 01:13:13,374
Don't say such things.
544
01:13:13,457 --> 01:13:15,167
Everything's going to be fine.
545
01:13:15,250 --> 01:13:17,378
Promise me.
546
01:13:21,048 --> 01:13:22,633
You'll see.
547
01:13:23,634 --> 01:13:27,096
Harutyun will grow to bea handsome young man.
548
01:13:28,847 --> 01:13:30,849
Promise me, Sevil.
549
01:13:56,834 --> 01:13:58,877
I swear.
550
01:13:58,961 --> 01:14:02,464
I will be at his sideuntil my final breath.
551
01:15:03,025 --> 01:15:05,861
I hope I'm not interrupting, Captain.May I?
552
01:15:06,862 --> 01:15:08,238
Of course.
553
01:15:09,239 --> 01:15:10,866
Please.
554
01:15:11,867 --> 01:15:13,285
Thank you.
555
01:15:35,391 --> 01:15:37,476
Colonel, please this way.
556
01:15:51,907 --> 01:15:53,325
Please.
557
01:17:40,766 --> 01:17:44,228
You have a lovely home, Captain.
558
01:17:46,689 --> 01:17:48,482
Thank you.
559
01:17:49,525 --> 01:17:52,236
A bit dark though, wouldn't you say?
560
01:18:45,122 --> 01:18:46,749
You play?
561
01:18:47,791 --> 01:18:50,169
No. My wife.
562
01:18:54,340 --> 01:18:57,551
Lovely. Lovely. Lovely.
563
01:18:57,635 --> 01:18:59,637
I love music.
564
01:19:02,723 --> 01:19:05,726
Would you please play something for us?
565
01:19:05,809 --> 01:19:06,977
Please.
566
01:19:14,610 --> 01:19:15,861
Please.
567
01:19:45,599 --> 01:19:47,601
For example, this piece here.
568
01:20:24,513 --> 01:20:25,556
Bach.
569
01:20:31,395 --> 01:20:33,522
Marvelous. Just marvelous.
570
01:20:40,571 --> 01:20:42,614
When I was a young boy, Captain,
571
01:20:42,698 --> 01:20:44,700
I was dying to learn the piano.
572
01:20:46,410 --> 01:20:48,287
But my father wouldn't allow it.
573
01:20:48,370 --> 01:20:52,666
He would say,"Playing the piano is not a man's job."
574
01:21:21,320 --> 01:21:22,696
May I try?
575
01:21:48,013 --> 01:21:51,350
Luckily, my mother did not sharemy father's sentiment.
576
01:21:57,898 --> 01:22:00,901
It seems as if this is a different piece.
577
01:22:03,112 --> 01:22:04,738
It's beautiful.
578
01:22:05,739 --> 01:22:07,741
Very beautiful.
579
01:22:10,703 --> 01:22:12,579
What is it?
580
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,002
Kurdish?
581
01:22:19,878 --> 01:22:21,880
Turkish?
582
01:22:24,174 --> 01:22:26,176
Wait, wait, don't tell me.
583
01:22:29,471 --> 01:22:31,974
Armenian.
584
01:22:33,851 --> 01:22:36,228
Armenian music always did...
585
01:22:38,230 --> 01:22:40,190
...stand out.
586
01:22:44,570 --> 01:22:47,281
Do you have rats, Captain?
587
01:23:28,656 --> 01:23:31,200
The traitor's whore.
588
01:23:31,283 --> 01:23:34,286
The one we hanged from the town square.
589
01:23:35,829 --> 01:23:37,831
His voice still echoes in my ear.
590
01:23:38,874 --> 01:23:42,544
He was howling like a dog.Begging for his life.
591
01:28:51,854 --> 01:28:55,774
I kept my promise to Sona.
592
01:28:55,858 --> 01:28:59,194
It was all I had left to live for.
593
01:29:00,654 --> 01:29:02,156
Her little one
594
01:29:02,239 --> 01:29:04,283
and my little one.
595
01:29:04,366 --> 01:29:08,495
I raised Harutyun as my own son...
596
01:29:09,496 --> 01:29:11,373
...loving him the very same way
597
01:29:11,457 --> 01:29:13,000
I loved my daughter.
598
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:07,836
That was the last time I saw him.
599
01:34:08,837 --> 01:34:15,135
After his arrest, Komitas was deportedto a prison camp deep in Anatolia.
600
01:34:16,345 --> 01:34:26,605
There he witnessed the murderand execution of his closest friends.
601
01:34:28,190 --> 01:34:31,110
The brightest minds of a nation
602
01:34:31,193 --> 01:34:35,322
all extinguished in a single blow.
603
01:34:36,657 --> 01:34:40,452
Komitas was spared by an influentialpatron of the arts.
604
01:34:41,453 --> 01:34:44,581
But Komitas was never the same.
605
01:34:46,125 --> 01:34:48,877
He disconnected from the world.
606
01:34:48,961 --> 01:34:51,588
Never uttered another word.
607
01:34:51,672 --> 01:34:56,051
Never wrote another piece of music.
608
01:34:57,553 --> 01:35:01,056
Sad, hopeless and broken,
609
01:35:01,140 --> 01:35:03,976
he would spend the remainder of his life
610
01:35:04,059 --> 01:35:06,061
in an insane asylum.
611
01:35:10,774 --> 01:35:13,235
You see, he wasn't mad
612
01:35:13,319 --> 01:35:15,404
but rather gentle,
613
01:35:15,487 --> 01:35:19,575
the kindest soul I'd ever known.
614
01:35:20,576 --> 01:35:25,164
He saw beauty and music in everything,
615
01:35:25,247 --> 01:35:30,711
and didn't understandhow people could be so cruel.
616
01:35:32,129 --> 01:35:34,798
So he closed his heart,
617
01:35:34,882 --> 01:35:37,718
shut the world out,
618
01:35:37,801 --> 01:35:41,263
and robbed it of his genius.
619
01:35:42,264 --> 01:35:48,354
300.000 Armenians died duringthe Hamidian Massacres of 1894-1896.
620
01:35:49,772 --> 01:35:52,775
Eventually, Sultan Hamid was overthrown,and Talaat Pasha came to power.
621
01:35:52,858 --> 01:35:55,527
But the worst was yet to come…
622
01:35:55,611 --> 01:35:58,781
On April 24, 1915, Talaat Pashaordered for the arrest and deportation
623
01:35:58,864 --> 01:36:02,618
of all Armenian intellectuals inConstantinople. Komitas was amongst them.
624
01:36:02,701 --> 01:36:07,081
All of these individualswere ultimately murdered.
625
01:36:08,082 --> 01:36:11,085
What started on April 24, 1915continued on until
626
01:36:11,168 --> 01:36:16,757
the Ottoman government had systematicallyexterminated 1.5 million Armenians.
627
01:36:19,677 --> 01:36:22,680
Over the course of his lifetime,Komitas collected and preserved
628
01:36:22,763 --> 01:36:26,183
thousands of Armenian,Turkish, and Kurdish folk music.
629
01:36:26,266 --> 01:36:33,941
To this day, he is considered the founderand pioneer of ethnomusicology.
630
01:36:35,609 --> 01:36:43,367
FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDEAROUND THE WORLD
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