Purgatory (TV series)

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Purgatory
Քավարան
Genre
Written byAnahit Jakhsuvaryan
Starring
  • Mkhitar Melkonyan
  • Sergey Tovmasyan
  • Artur Petrosyan
  • Lilit Haroyan
  • Edgar Sargsyan
  • Shushan Ericyan
  • Meri Hakobyan
  • Karlos Muradyan
  • Irina Harutyunyan
  • Vahe Ziroyan
  • Samvel Piroyan
  • Grigor Baghdasaryan
Country of originArmenia
Original languageArmenian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
Producer
  • Ara Baghdasaryan [1]
Production companyUcom
Release
Original networkArmenia Premium, Armenia TV
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Original releaseMarch 6 (2017-03-06) January 29, 2018 (2018-01-29) 
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30)

Purgatory is an Armenian mystery drama television series. The series premiered on Armenia Premium on March 6, 2017. [2] The series premiered on Armenia TV on 29 January 2017. The TV show is the most googled Armenian television series. [1] The series takes place in Arinj.

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Premise

The main character of TV series is Krist, who is a rich and successful businessman. One year, he became tired of celebrating New Year the same way every year. He wants something different than previous years. At those times, he gets an offer from a travel agency to celebrate New Year in Dadivank, Azerbaijan (formerly Republic of Artsakh). And that was exactly what he wanted. But neither Krist nor 12 vacationers could not even imagine what awaited them in the Armenian monastery. A happy celebration will turn to a severe trial and all of them will be hopelessly trapped, and finding a way out seems almost impossible.

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