We Are, Our Mountains

(1969)

★ 8.3 IMDb · 442 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1969

Runtime: 95 min

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Генрих Малян

Cast: Сос Саркисян, Хорен Абрамян, Фрунзик Мкртчян, Азат Шеренц, Artavazd Peleshian

Plot

The tranquility of a remote Armenian mountain community is disrupted when a group of shepherds affected by the pangs of an evening hunger, decide to butcher and barbecue the sheep of another's that have strayed into their herd. An official inquiry by the city police complicates matters, and questions of law, morality and community only seem to lead to further entanglements.