简介：LevonremembershischildhoodinTurkey:love,politicalbrutality.Abloodycomedy.AlsoamoderncrimestoryaboutArmenianterroristsandTurkishsecretagents,aboutKurdstragedy. Askarian’smostrecentprojectisanothermeditationontheartistinexile.LikethefilmmakerAvetikandthereal-lifecomposerKomitasfromhispreviousfilms,Levon-awriterofArmenianextractionnowlivinginRotterdam-iscaughtbetweenmemoriesofhomelandandtherealitiesofcontemporarylife.FromhisDutchdomicile,Levonreminiscesabouthisbrother-in-law(ahairdresserwhorobsdeadTurks),abrilliantKurdishmusician,ared-beardedexecutioner,aseventeen-year-oldgirlwithchestnut-coloredskin,andaTurkishApollowitheightwiveswholikestoburyhimselfinhotash.Hismemoryisalsopopulatedbybeautifulthoroughbredhorses,straydogs,cameldrivers,soldiers,andTurkishpolicemen.Thesepoetic,almostsurrealistscenesofmagicloveandpoliticalcrueltyarecontrastedwiththerealityofpresentdayRotterdam,presentedintheguiseofamoderncrimestorywithArmenianterroristsandaKurdishtragedy. "Everyyear,welookatthousandsoffilmsandwhenoneshinesabovetherest,asONTHEOLDROMANROADdid,itisindeedapleasure.DonAskarian,recentlyhonoredwithaHarvardFilmArchiveretrospective,isconsideredthegreatestlivingArmenianfilmmaker.InAskarian'slatestfilm,whichhedescribesas“abloodycomedy”,amaninexileremembersachildhoodofmagicandmayhem,completewithgraverobbers,brutalassassinations,horses,andmenburiedinhotash.Asstrikingavisualfeastasonecanfind,thisisanextravagantandcrystallinetreasure,afilmwhoserewardsfaroutweighitsconsiderabledemands."…