In an Armenian village, evicted as a result of the Armenian-Azeri conflict, Abgar stays behind all alone in a gradually shrinking enemy ring. He is waiting for his daughter, who became a witness to her husband's murder by an angry mob and was hospitalized with a mental disorder. An Azeri named Ibrahim offers Abgar to work on the construction of a mosque and promises to find and bring Abgar's daughter instead... A few days later, Ibrahim finds the girl, named Yurga, in one of the psychiatric hospitals of Baku and brings her to Abgar. Abgar wants to leave the village with his daughter, but his skills as a stonemason are still needed for the construction of a new mosque. Abgar realizes that this work in the Azerbaijani village will be endless and realizes that he's been trapped.
Cinematography
Empty village landscapes that breathe with absence.
Acting
Ershadi's Ibrahim: warmth that curdles into menace.
Direction
Avetisyan lets dread accumulate in stillness.
Director
Jivan Avetisyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the real abandoned village of Talish, Nagorno-Karabakh—settlers had fled weeks before filming began.
The title's irony: Abgar isn't the last inhabitant, he's the last Armenian inhabitant—replacement is already underway.
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