Small provincial town at the end of the 19th century. Barber Hakob is a passionate pigeon-admirer with them finding his peace of mind and filling the dullness of provincial life with poetry. Soon he is forced to choose his pigeon loft or his daughter's happiness.

A funny and sad story about how two friends accidentally smashed a bust of Stalin and what happened next.

Small group of Armenian construction workers leave for Siberia to earn money. They enter into complex and uneasy relations with the local Siberians

A visiting magician arranges a session of collective hypnosis, which reveals the true essence of the town's inhabitants.

In their first collaboration Melkonian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov film two neighbour families that both claim ownership of a huge mulberry tree growing in the middle of their two houses.

The hero of the film is a young director who goes to prison to study the psychology of those sentenced to death. The main actions take place in the cell of those sentenced to death.