The film tells the story of a herdsman named Vardan who lives in Garni, one of the most beautiful areas of Armenia. He leads quite a lonely life rejected by the villagers and his own family. The family left him because he didn't want to sell his about 5 dozen goats to provide them better living. The herdsman says that he has always been an object for myth for his villagers. If it is weird to the villagers, it is quite normal for Vardan to speak to his goats in human language, calling them human names. As Vardan says goats are like children for him. "Hey..." that's how he's calling out for them. So the film features someone who has preferred to live in harmony with his goats and the nature. Vardan's only friend - a bee-keeper living in the mountains and devoted his whole life to his bees says he learns a lot from his friend. He says "Vardan was to be given wings to fly but he never got them''. But once he disappears in the mountains with his animals in the nature, one realises that it is the goats and the nature that are giving him wings to fly instead of humans.

Film submission

26° Festival

CINEMAMBIENTE

05 June - 11 June 2023
TORINO

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