Ares, 35, lives in an abandoned city with his bedridden mother and an elderly professor—the only ones who refused to flee after a ghostly invasion drove out the population. In this post-apocalyptic reality, without electricity or communication, Ares and the professor wander through empty streets, unable to understand the ghosts' purpose. When the professor urges him to escape west, where distant radio signals still exist, Ares must make a painful choice: leave his mother behind in search of a future or stay and become a ghost himself.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Arthur Nazaretian
Director: Arthur Nazaretian
Script: Arthur Nazaretian
Director of Photography: Armen Kirakosyan
Production Design: Alla Mnoshyan
Music: Georgy Kurtag
Sound: Dmitry Ustoev
Editing: Tigrani Agajanyan
Cast: Evgeniy Pronin, Aram Karakhanyan, Narine Jrbashyan, Dariam Rkoyan

Awards
Best Sci-Fi Drama, Live Screenings IFF, 2024

Arthur Nazaretian
Born in 2001, Kansk, Russia. When he was 10, family moved to Yerevan, Armenia. In 2019, he enrolled at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, majoring in Film and Television Directing under the workshop of Edgar Baghdasaryan. During five years of study, he directed two short fiction films: Anhedonia and Sangria. In 2024, he shot his graduation film Forgive Me, Mother.

Filmography
Anhedonia (short., 2022), Sangria (short., 2023), Forgive Me, Mother (short., 2024).