Frescoes was shot in the Armenian city of Giumri that was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1988. Soon after that tragedy Armenia gained independence. Happiness and misfortune always go hand in hand. This film is about life on the boundary between the city of the living and the city of the dead, on the boundary between childhood and adult life. The film is about a boy who with his optimism, his lust for life will save this city, this country.