Ashik Kerib

Ashik Kerib (Georgian აშიკი ქერიბი, Azerbaijani: Aşıq Qərib, Russian: Ашик-кериб, Armenian: Աշուղ ղարիբը) is a 1988 film by the Soviet-Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the short story of the same name by Mikhail Lermontov. It was Parajanov's last completed film and was dedicated to his close friend Andrei Tarkovsky, who had died two years previously. The Ashik Kerib wants to marry his beloved, but her father opposes since Kerib is poor and he expects rich prospects for his ' daughter from heaven'. She vows to wait for him for a thousand days and nights until he comes back with enough money to impress her father. He sets out on a journey to gain wealth and encounters many difficulties, but with the help of a saint horseman,...