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Barsam is ailing: his daughter Anna, a cardiologist, detects a problem with his heart and urges surgery. These two do not have the warmest of relationships, the patriarch refuses his daughter’ advice and disappears from France, back to Armenia. Anna sets off in ill-tempered pursuit. Yervanth is a family friend who acts as Anna’ guide. What ensues is classic: Anna does not know the country at all, does not speak its language and resents being forced into a place where she is not in control. Her search for her father drives the entire film. At the same time, through the warmth of its inhabitants, Armenia gradually breaks down the resistance of this outsider.