Armenian film director Suren Babayan is going to shoot a new trilogy. At today's press conference, Babayan said that he would invite Jean-Pierre Nshanian for the lead role.
The Babayan-Nshanyan cooperation has a long history. The actor starred in Babayan's trilogy Zhano (2004), Don't Look in the Mirror (2009), and The Thorn (2013). This year The Thorn has received the National Award of Armenia for the best photography. The director of photography is Tammam Hamza. In addition, The Thorn (based on Levon Khechoyan's story Saturday, Sunday) is included in the Armenian Panorama at the GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan 11th International Film Festival.
According to Babayan, the script of the trilogy's first film is already ready and it is based on one of Levon Khechoyan's stories again. "The film will be about Javakhq. So, I want to shoot the film in Javakhq", he said.