Rafael Saroyan

The inhabitants of a mountainous Armenian village live a normal life, which abounds in tragic and comic, sad and happy moments. Arayik, a native of that village, takes a long time to realize his origins.

The movie tells the life story and friendship of five blacksmiths in town of Leninakan during the war and the years preceding it - as told by the son of one of the blacksmiths.

Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.

The house of a village teacher burns down. Out of sympathy the villagers come to rebuild the house. And here come the real troubles...

Spring 1919. All routes to Baku oil are blocked. S.M. Kirov, a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the 11th Army, instructs Georgy Atarbekov, chairman of the Astrakhan Cheka, to establish contact with the Dagestani Revolutionary Committee, purchase gasoline, and smuggle fuel. According to Atarbekov's plan, propaganda brigade actors Armen and Anush are sent to the port of Petrovsk with the documents of the detained Persian businessman Makhmedi and his wife.

The film depicts five workers who are laying a street in one of the new districts of Yerevan. A complex relationship binds them. Each of them has his character and his destiny. The film touches upon common social problems on a private level.

Small group of Armenian construction workers leave for Siberia to earn money. They enter into complex and uneasy relations with the local Siberians

A crane operator wins a car in a lottery and his life immediately encounters various trials and tribulations.