In an Armenian mountain village at the beginning of the twentieth century, poverty forces parents to face a difficult choice. A portrait of rural life unfolds around Yerem and Sanam’s family, with its material needs, the watchful eyes of neighbors, and an uncertain future. Sato’s fate becomes the focal point of a clash between parental love, conscience, and the lure of prosperity. Through Sanam’s inner turmoil, the strength of the bond between mother and child is revealed, as is the pain born of poverty and difficult decisions.

In a provincial Armenian school in the early twentieth century, pupils live under strict rules and supervision. The cook Karapet, nicknamed “Thermometer,” becomes a source of discontent among the boarders with his eccentricities and insistence on “law and order.” The attitude of Abelyan and his friends highlights adolescent rebellion, the authority of adults, and differing notions of justice. Years later, the narrator revisits his school memories and tries to understand the stern, lonely old man.

«Madame Bovary» is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The story focuses on a doctor’s wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.

The fairy tale explores the timeless theme of a coward who rises to power through sheer luck. Nazar is cowardly and lazy, yet also extraordinarily boastful.