ArmInfo. The film "Being a Human. Ruben Vardanyan's Manifesto," prepared by Ruben Vardanyan's friends, which tells about his ideas and projects, attracted quite a lot of attention. The personality of the man and visionary Ruben Vardanyan is revealed in the film through stories about him from famous people who shared his life path. The film is in Russian with Armenian and English subtitles.
In addition to stories from friends and partners about him, the film presents excerpts from various interviews with Ruben Vardanyan, in which he mainly talks about his initiatives and projects, the motives and goals that prompted them to start. The film talks about a number of projects implemented in Armenia, in particular, the "Wings of Tatev" cable car and the "Tatev Revival" project, the "Aurora" humanitarian initiative, and educational projects. The words of Ruben Vardanyan about the role of education, which are given in the film, are noteworthy: "At some stage I realized that the future of humanity depends on education, that this will be the main element of the success of the world. Therefore, as a person who believes that if you said A, then should do B. If I believe that education is the future of the world, then I need to invest my time, effort, and money in education. And in this sense, this is not just charity. I am sure that this is the future, which will entail changes, including a successful society as a whole."
"Education is one of Ruben's missions in this world," friends say. And they consider the most important mission of Ruben Vardanyan to be that Vardanyan always looks at everything from the point of view of how to improve the situation for everyone. "There are people who have such a, you know, big, broad mission inside them. That is, he is a man with a mission. He has always been concerned about the fate of the people, I would say so. Since he is a creative person, then there is, he always looked at everything, as in the situation that exists, how to improve the situation for everyone. And this is absolutely a humanitarian activity. That is, there is no message here against anyone." "for" - to create, improve and find compromises," says Vardanyan's partner Mikhail Broitman.
"He devoted himself to people, to service. He, of course, is the person who does this in his life. Ruben, at some point, being an absolutely accomplished person, he decided that this was secondary. What he has, what he created, etc. That wealth is ephemeral, but there are things in life that determine the meaning of your existence. And that's exactly what he did. This is service, it's important, it's primary in life. Unfortunately, this is understood by very few people," noted film director Karen Gevorkyan.
In the preface, the authors of the film note: "We created this film in secret from Ruben. If he had known about this idea, he would probably have advised us to find a better use of our time and energy, but here we disagree with him. Through the story about Ruben, wonderful people, with with which fate brought him together, we tried to show what a person can achieve if, as Ruben himself says, inside him, if he puts everything that this person has at the service of others and remains true to true human values.
The desire to serve people who desperately need help prompted Ruben to move to Artsakh. He was well aware of all the risks of his decision, but he could not do otherwise. We all know what happened in the end." The film ends with the message that Ruben Vardanyan conveyed from a Baku prison in May of this year in connection with the Aurora Prize: "I am sure that together we will do a lot to make the world a better place and kinder. As Marguerite says, love always wins. So let love and values win! Let us be ready to give more than we hope to receive in return, and let everyone achieve great changes for the better!"