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Zhang Yimou, in general, is the director of the epical drammas. But all the while he manages to tell little stories with a certain cynicism and black humor. One second is one of these films that tells us a very cheerful story with touching tones of hearthwarming. The film is a kind of Chinese "Cinema Paradiso", which is full of love for cinema and for this seventh art. But Yimou not only speaks of love for cinema but also of a friendship and solidarity between a prisoner who has escaped from a concentration camp and a child that their friendship is in fact based on the roots about the interests of cinema. Despite all this good intention that the director wants to put forward, unfortunately the film is unable to end this brilliant idea with a decent final blow and leaves the spectator with a dry mouth disappointing and perplexed without giving the coup de grace that otherwise would have been a sensational ending. .

Sayat nova, for people who do not appreciate real cinema and run after easy tastes to spend less than an hour and a half, is a boring film. But for the one who appreciates those secrets of the seventh art it is a little jewel to be savored every moment. Each scene is a seventeenth-century painting to admire with a certain emotion. Music plays a leading role in this delightful work. Each musical note with each frame forms a narrative model to symbolize a part of the great poet's life. Parajanov proves to be a true filmmaker with this fantastic gem. Soviet authorities has banned this film for decays for its religious matter.