Hrachya Harutyunyan

Based on the 1890 novel by Raffi, about Murad, an apprentice of a blacksmith who fell under the influence of the pseudo-priest of the Armenian Church Petros and became, like him, a cross-stealer.

A STORY OF A FAMILY, THE HISTORY OF A NATION ”A little piece of land? A whole country? A little group of people or a whole nation? What are they waiting for? Is their queue endless?” Do not expect to get all the answers. A tale of a man and a woman suffering the circumstances of a total energy crisis. Their recollections, short narratives, imagination act as aids in understanding of the story, and in understanding that core human values are shared throughout the world.

Small provincial town at the end of the 19th century. Barber Hakob is a passionate pigeon-admirer with them finding his peace of mind and filling the dullness of provincial life with poetry. Soon he is forced to choose his pigeon loft or his daughter's happiness.

The main character - an actor and film-director - tries to live, ignoring the everyday petty struggles for survival.

Gevorg Adamyan is a man of power who enjoys many privileges and is guided throughout his life by the slogan "the purpose justifies the means". This enables him always to stay at the top of the pyramid but, at the same time, gradually ruins him as a person and brings unhappiness to his own family, destroying the lives of his close friends and relatives.

Arsen and Eliza have been married for 4 years. Eliza lived in the USA, after marriage she moved to Yerevan, where she lives with her husband. They rent an apartment with Arsen's friend, Narek. Arsen is a journalist, Eliza is a housewife. All is well until Eliza's friend Ellen arrives from Los Angeles, causing the family to fall apart. Ellen, cheating on her girlfriend, starts dating Arsen.