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Starting November 26, the restored version of The Color of Pomegranate will be available on Kyivstar TV. The film, which made Parajanov famous all over the world, is now available for viewing in high quality on Kyivstar TV on a subscription basis, starting with the Basic package.

The film is distributed in Ukraine by Arthouse Traffic.

The plot of The Color of Pomegranate tells the story of the life of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from his childhood to his last days. The film takes you into the poet's world, showing his spiritual quest, creative peaks and internal conflicts.

The film, which was shot in 1968, was shown in Ukraine in a restored version by the Martin Scorsese Film Foundation on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Ukrainian director of Armenian origin, Sergei Parajanov. It was part of the UNESCO's declaration of the Parajanov Year.

During the presentation of the restored version at the Toronto Film Festival, Martin Scorsese told future viewers that they would see images and visions “that are almost unlike anything else in the history of cinema.”

Interestingly, it was thanks to the movie The Color Purple that the director managed to gain worldwide fame. Viewers in Ukraine have only now been able to fully appreciate the plot and the picture, because due to Soviet censorship, Ukrainian society lost the original version of the film, and Parajanov himself was imprisoned in Soviet prisons a few years after the film was shot.

“It is important for us to add films by legendary Ukrainian filmmakers to our video library, and it is one of the important missions for Kyivstar TV to reproduce and show Ukrainian culture,” said Pavlo Rybak, CEO of Kyivstar TV.

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