Skip to main content

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

Search movies, TV shows and people

Home Movies TV Shows Genres People Watchlist

About WatchList

Discover the best movies and TV shows across all streaming platforms. Never miss what's trending and find your next favorite watch.

Quick Links

Popular Movies Popular TV Shows Browse Genres People About WatchList

Data Source

Powered by The Movie Database (TMDb)

© 2026 WatchList. All rights reserved.

Made with for movie lovers

The Abode

The Abode

The Abode

2014•1h 40m•

★0.0(0 ratings)

ComedyDrama

Overview

Filmed in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Lusine Sargsyans drama depicts the lives of various individuals living in an apartment complex during the Armenian-Azerbadjanian war of the mid 1990’s. The situation is cruel and hard for the citizens of Yerevan. The need for food and electricity is dominating the international news from the city, while inside this abode in the centre of the city daily life goes on in spite of desperation. A rare narrative insight into a war that had a huge impact on Armenian life, Sargsyans five unique stories about relationships, struggles and faith preach a down-to-earth sermon about the cruelty of wars, and the strength of humour, love, and community.

Director

Lusine Sargsyan

Writers

Harutyun Harutyunyan, Gnel Nalbandyan, Hovannes Tekgezyan, Karine Khodikyan, Lusine Sargsyan

Watchlist

Main Cast

Babken Chobanyan

Babken Chobanyan

Larisa Gevondyan

Larisa Gevondyan

Shant Hovhannisyan

Shant Hovhannisyan

Artur Karepetyan

Artur Karepetyan

Arshavir Panosyan

Arshavir Panosyan

Lily Vardan

Lily Vardan

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Lusine Sargsyan

Writing

Writer: Harutyun Harutyunyan
Writer: Gnel Nalbandyan
Writer: Hovannes Tekgezyan
Writer: Karine Khodikyan
Writer: Lusine Sargsyan

Production

Producer: Edgar Petrosyan
Producer: Aram Xachatryan
Producer: Samvel Petrosyan
Producer: Aram Shahbazyan

Music & Sound

Music: Davit Davtyan
Sound: Harutyun Mangasaryan

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Arman Musaelyan

Keywords

armenia

Videos

Did You Know?

#1

The original title is "Shkamutk" (HY).

#2

The production budget was $250.0K.

#3

The runtime is 100 minutes (1h 40m).

#4

The film was directed by Lusine Sargsyan.

#5

The screenplay was written by Harutyun Harutyunyan and Gnel Nalbandyan.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Arman Musaelyan.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt4829138.

Gallery

Similar Movies

Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

1997

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

1987

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

The Old Gun

The Old Gun

1975

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decides to meet them for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.

The Manila Rope

The Manila Rope

1976

Manillaköysi is a cult status holding TV-movie adaptation of the satirical war novel by Veijo Meri. Manillaköysi has an endless list of classic one-liners, but it is still not based on cheap laughs or anything like that. The whole humouristic aspect of it comes from describing the absurdity of war, and the whole military system, by looking it with the eyes of a simple man, who's thrown into it, and who simply does not give a rats ass of it all. The tone of it is not overly preachy or moralizing. If I would have to describe it with one word, it would be: unglamourizing. The main point of Manillaköysi is pretty much compressed in one of the most famous quotes of it: There is nothing supernatural about war, it is just work like anything else.

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Leopard

The Leopard

1963

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Sommersby

Sommersby

1993

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

1954

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

The Cuckoo

The Cuckoo

2002

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.

Rating

0.0/10

Poor

0 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Shkamutk

Status:

Released

Language:

N/A

Country of Origin:

Armenia

Budget:

$250,000

Production Companies:

Aremak