"Armenfilm"
There was a poor family -
a destitute man with a wife and three daughters.
KIKOS Based on Hovhannes Tumanyan's story
It was summertime.
The sun was burning and the sky was cloudless.
Exhausted from the intense heat, they decided to go to the forest.
To sit in the shade
and to take a little break from work.
However they couldn't even imagine what kind of trouble they would get into.
The father became thirsty and sent the youngest daughter to get some water.
Once the youngest one reached the well,
she started musing and imagining:
Once I get married, I will give birth to a boy
and take him out of a cabbage and name him Kikos.
And I will tell my son to bring me some water.
Oh my dear Kikos, my dear kid!
How can I live without you?
Noting that the daughter hadn't come back for a while,
they decided to send the middle one to bring the water.
Meanwhile the younger one was grief-stricken and weeping.
Hey, you unlucky aunt, listen to me!
See who Kikos was and how it all ended!
- What Kisos are you talking about?
- How many Kikoses do you know?
I married at last, I birthed a boy fast,
I named him Kikos his head's crown had a gloss!
See what happened at the end!
Oh our Kikos, oh our kid!
You are gone. How are we to cope?
As both daughters weren't back yet, the father sent the older one.
Seeing the older sister, the daughters started weeping even louder.
She started calming them down: - Let's sit and have a good cry together.
The younger sister started attacking the older one with her story:
I married at last, I birthed a boy fast,
I named him Kikos, his head's crown had a gloss!
Now the middle one interrupted: I will tell the rest of the story.
This time the mother came over to the daughters.
If she only knew what she was going to hear.
Come, come, you heartbroken granny. The older one immediately interrupted:
Let me this time tell the whole story!
Your grandma will sacrifice herself for you, dear Kikos!
Oh, my kid.
You left this world ahead of us.
The father followed them.
Once they saw him they started telling the story.
Come, come, you unlucky grandad!
Your grandkid Kikos are gone. You don't have a grandchild anymore.
The mother interrupted the daughters: Let me tell the story this time.
Kikos grew up and became the king.
Wait!
Shut up!
Have you ever heard of somebody telling the king to go out for water by himself?
What do you think we are for?
Not only will we run, but we'll bring the water
as well as pray for our lord king's life.
Here, Your Majesty, drink up.
The family went mad with joy
and started kissing each other and saying that the father was right.
Who on Earth would send the king to bring water?
As the jug dropped in the water,
the grandfather of our king Kikos jumped into the water for a drink and a swim.
If he only knew...
It would've been better to keep being thirsty
than to jump into that cursed well!
screenwriters Robert Saakyants, Lyudmila Saakyants
director Robert Saakyants
art director Lyudmila Saakyants
camera Alisa Kyurdian animator Robert Saakyants
composer Yuriy Arutyunyan sound V. Chaparyan
artists Akop Kirakosyan, Igor Patrik, R. Sargsyan,
Stepan Galstyan, Mirtad Gazazyan, Yuriy Muradyan, Susanna Ayvazyan
assistants A. Arshakuni, M. Adamyan, S. Muradyan
script editor Aleksandr Topchyan production director V. Mesropyan
The End "Armenfilm" 1979
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