The Black Sterkh

Fourteen-year-old Arshak boarded a plane from Yerevan to Moscow, even though no one was waiting for him at his destination. His relatives in the capital constantly argue, and only his uncle once shares what he calls “The Event.” And then everything gets mixed together—reality and fiction, life and death, love and hate. In this crippled, broken-but-still captivating atmosphere, Arshak desperately searches for traces of the “black white crane” and wonders what they signify—good or destruction. “The Black Sertos” is a surreal adult fairy tale that got ahead of its time. It’s an astonishing, deep, and candid story about growing up in a world that seems like a dream.