The Father

The Father

1973 · ★ 5.3 · Drama, Family

Builder Hovsep Manukyan's big and restless family hosts his old father Poghos who is forced to move from his native village. Many good and bad, funny and sad, important and unimportant events take place in the family of Hovsep, that help the older and the young to share their most valuable experience - culture of life, co-existence and devotion.

Directed by Henrik Malyan · Written by Agassi Ayvazyan

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