Ara Babadzhanyan

Artak has served his military service in the Russian countryside where he meets Valya. But Valya's mother refuses to send her only daughter to “these far highlands, where earthquakes happen all the time”. Artak is forced to ask his contrasting and numerous relatives –Armenian villagers– to visit a remote Russian village to bring a bride to Armenia.

En Novembre 1942, près de la Volga, Stalingrad est en état de siège sous les assauts du commandant Friederich Paulus et de ses 330 000 hommes. Le haut commandement russe déchaîne une opération pour protéger la rivière Mishkova pour éviter que près de quatre cents chars ne rejoigne l'armée de Paulus. Les soldats d'artillerie soviétiques protègent leur position de leur vie dans un bain de sang qui ne laissera que quelques survivants.

Three wonderful chefs from Yerevan come to Moscow to participate in the contest of masters of culinary art. Despite all their efforts and skill, the prizewinning place from the Armenians floats away. The reason for this is a whole series of funny and amusing misunderstandings... Production: Soviet Union, Armenia Studios