Expectation
To the memory of the visit of the Pope John-Paul II to Armenia.
David Safarian
David Safarian
Casts & Crew
Pope John Paul II
Also Directed by David Safarian
A tale of a man and a woman suffering near-absurd circumstances. Their narratives, recollections, imagination, dreams.
He had a dream: a kite. He presents his childhood toy-airplane to a boy and flies its kite which didn’t want to take wing, and… flies himself.
A short film about a single tree in the forest which has been cut and used as wood.
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.
A film about awakening. The winter returns after the spring was already in its rights. The stork back from the warm countries touches slightly the snow on its nest and flies away. The unexpected cold costs many troubles for the farmers. But nothing could stop the awaking nature. The spring is back. A big tree with many nests on it. The Biblical Mountain is on the background. And many storks land their nests on this big tree.
Movie about an endless search for an unattainable idyll, lost harmony between man and nature. The director concentrates on the inner world of his characters and the mood of nature.
Armenian artist Hakob Hakobian repatriated from Egypt. There, far from his native land he was painting portraits trying to find in the faces of his models Armenian features. In Armenia he is painting also landscapes and even just the sky. Working in his studio he tells about his friends-repatriates. They by themselves, or their parents had survived during the genocide of Armenians in Turkey in 1915, and were dispersed all around the world. We see Hakobian's friends back in Armenia at their work: an old farmer with his big family, a driver, a gas-stove expert.
Yeranouhy and Mariam Aslamazians. Two sisters. Two elderly women with young glittering eyes. Two outstanding artists presenting a big number of their works to a gallery in their native town. 'Father to be proud of his daughters', - one of them said.
Variations on the theme: today over 300 000 children are fighting wars across the world.