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Alik, 25, has been raised by his grandfather, conductor of a renowned classical orchestra in post-Soviet Armenia where cultural institutions are failing and oligarchs allied with the mafia hold power. Alik, a clarinettist, is the virtuoso in this orchestra whose existence is seriously threatened when its key sponsor is murdered. One night, Alik comes into possession of a hired killer's mysterious telephone, which is used only to commission hits. Manipulated by a crook's daughter with whom he falls hopelessly in love and wishing to save the orchestra at all costs, Alik decides to take on the identity of the killer known as "The Virtuoso" and attempt to carry out his contracts. But Alik is a virtuoso musician, not a killer... (Cinemax)
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The art that the creators put into this movie probably wasn’t my cup of tea. Under different circumstances it could have been a pretty decent and interesting gangster movie. Samvel Tadevosian played quite a silly character and Marija Achmetzajova was probably the most beautiful acting surprise that I encountered in the recent years. However, the artistic merit was quite off and I also did not get the classical music the orchestra was playing. For me it connected the craziness with reality in a weird way and I was lost in the emotional nonsense. It’s a shame.
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