The Lark Farm (La Masseria Delle Allodole)

It's a shame that the first straight historical feature to deal with the Armenian genocide of 1915 is such a poor film. The theme (already dealt with in several documentaries and Atom Egoyan's tricksy Ararat) deserves a better platform than this melodrama with its stilted dialogue and rambling script.

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