SARGIS – Das Leben ist so eine Sache
Documentary Film, AT 2018, Farbe, 75 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2018
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Director: Stefan Langthaler
Camera: Georg Weiss, Martin Winter
Editor: Sebastian Schreiner
Location Sound: Markus Ortner
Sounddesign: Tong Zhang
Additional Credits: Mischung: Chris Kuchner
Untertitel: Lisa Zoe Geretschläger
Producers: Stefan Langthaler
For years, Sargis Martirosyan had to watch as other athletes won medals in weight lifting, which he could have won himself. In the hopes of a professional career, the Armenian weightlifter applies for Austrian citizenship—but first he has to wait. The tactful portrait accompanies the ambitious athlete and his trainer for years, through everyday life and physical and bureaucratic hurdles. Until with participation in the European Championships in Norway, it seems his lifelong dream will be fulfilled.