THE COURIER
Genre
Drama
Running time
30 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Russian
Subtitle
English
Country
Armenia
Director
Tigran Agavelyan
Bio
Producer
Tigran Agavelyan
Cast
Aziz Beyshenaliev
Scriptwriter
Tigran Agavelyan, Maria Zelinskaya
An Armenian courier called Aziz needs money to pay for his ill wife’s treatment. As she lies in hospital with her life hanging in the balance, Aziz has to decide what he is willing to do in order to save her. Will he make what is essentially a deal with the Devil? This is a morality tale about the choices we make when healthcare is too expensive.
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