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KARAOKE DREAMS

10.07 - 12.00 Moscow Cinema, Small Hall
13.07 - 20.00 Moscow Cinema, Small Hall
2005, USA, 44 min.

Script./Dir./Dir. of Phot./Edit.: Robert Davidian.

The film depicts the unique culture of Karaoke and the people who do it. It takes place at the “Rusty’s,” a Karaoke bar on the Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles. We are initially introduced to an interesting wide range of karaoke characters who explain why each of them are there. Later, we enter the strange homes of two of them. And, finally, we return to “Rusty’s” where five of them compete to win “The Golden Mic.”

Robert Davidian

Independent video producer, camera operator and editor. He is originally from New York CIty, now lives in Los Angeles. He has worked on shows, news features, educational videos for networks form various TV channels and corporations.

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Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

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Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1966; Silver Sail, Locarno IFF, 1965.

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