Adapted from antonia arslan's novel of the same name, Italian heavyweight directors Paolo and vittorio taviani jointly directed it. Italian, French, Bulgarian, and Spanish * * * jointly filmed, and the best actors from all countries, such as Spanish beauty Paz Vega and Asin Hanjian, the protagonist of the No.1 epigram of Attenborough, gave deep humanitarian care to the Armenian massacre as the story background and criticized this world-famous historical tragedy from a critical perspective. When the film was exhibited at the Berlin Film Festival, it coincided with the murder of Armenian journalist hrant dink and threats against Turkish Nobel Prize in Literature winner Pamuk. The media questioned that the film was not selected for the Berlin competition unit because the judges lacked courage and avoided political disputes. Finally, it was specially screened at the Berlin Film Festival.