Lilit Salnazaryan

Yasha recently retired after serving many years at a factory, with a highlight of his career being a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. Yet his future is left unknown when he emerges in new realities that he finds difficult to accept. The world has changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, yet he tries to hold on to what once was. Thus enters former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Appearing like Yasha’s alter ego, he guides Yasha, giving amusing commentary and voicing what Yasha should say or do. Brezhnev’s presence gives way for more historical leaders that Yasha idolises to arrive. Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Josip Broz Tito and Erich Honecker, and even the African dictator Jean Bedel-Bokassa all make an appearance! When Yasha takes an oath of loyalty to them, this creates trouble for his family.

This story is about the relationship between human beings and nature, and people's ruthless attitude toward nature.

The Quest Begins is the second in Tigran Hamasyan’s triptych of music videos inspired by the Armenian tale The Bird of a Thousand Voices.

Robert, an aspiring actor, accidentally meets Alan, a French embassy worker. Obsessed with moving to France the land he believes will define his artistic future Robert has already been rejected seven times. Blaming others for his failures, he decides to manipulate the situation: with a friend’s help, he pretends to be gay to gain Alan’s trust and use him to get a visa. Though suspicious, Alan falls in love with Robert. Meanwhile, Robert joins dance classes for his act and meets Anna, with whom he genuinely falls in love. Caught in a web of lies, Robert juggles both relationships, gradually losing himself. Alan becomes the most emotionally hurt, as he is deeply deceived. In the end, Alan shows maturity and compassion he forgives Robert and lets him go. Anna, however, never learns the truth.