EPOS Productions (Producer)
2012 Language(s): English, Eastern Armenian
Color / 33 min.
Additional Artists
Raffi Barsoumian (Performer)
Hayk Hambartsumyan (Author, Director)
Shahe Barsoumian (Producer)
Narine Avakian (Performer)
Metzarents is the story of Vahag, a young Armenian-American who reconnects with his long dormant Armenian roots when he is offered to play the role of the poet Misak Metzarents in a play. Vahag is a struggling actor in Los Angeles who lives with his Asian-American girlfriend Hanna who is also a struggling actress. As Vahag goes deeper and deeper into preparation for his role, his relationship with his girlfriend slowly starts to deteriorate, causing a crisis in Vahag's life leading him to a question of what is true happiness.