Gate to Heaven

Robert leaves Berlin in April 2016 to cover renewed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding areas. He hopes to deliver a high-profile report that will cement his reputation as a fearless war correspondent. The assignment thrusts him into a dangerous landscape where every news cue could be a trap.

His car is bombed en route to the front and he suffers serious injuries. He is transported to a hospital in Yerevan where doctors fight to stabilize him. The incident abruptly derails his field reporting and triggers a renewed focus on his past choices.

Michael Movsisyan is suspended from work for allegedly endangering Robert's life. He defends his actions as a precaution that later backfired, sparking controversy in the local journalism scene. The suspension adds strain to the already tense reporting environment in Yerevan.

A charity opera concert in Yerevan brings together Sophia Marti and the French tenor Jean Milosh, drawing the city's cultural spotlight. The event becomes a backdrop for shifting loyalties and budding rivalries. Robert attends, sensing a new story and a possible personal angle.

After the performance, Robert proposes a photo shoot and a feature article about Sophia, drawn by her voice and presence on stage. Sophia responds with guarded interest, weighing professional opportunity against personal risk. The exchange foreshadows a deeper connection that could blur the lines between reporter and subject.

Robert and Sophia's relationship grows warmer, triggering fierce jealousy from Jean Milosh. The love triangle takes center stage as interviews and assignments collide with private emotions. The tension raises the stakes for everyone involved.

Sophia invites Robert to her favorite childhood place—the Gate to Heaven gorge—the site she used to visit with her late father, Edgar Martirosyan. She explains Edgar's fate during the 1992 war and why the place holds painful significance. The invitation sets up a moral reckoning about truth, memory, and responsibility.

Robert misses the agreed meeting at the gorge and instead boards a flight to Germany. The decision triggers questions about his priorities and deepens Michael's investigation. The delay pushes the Talish-related story back into the shadows for the moment.

During his private inquiry, Michael uncovers a darker side to Robert's life and career. The discoveries suggest a pattern of deceit and self-promotion that undermines his public persona. The revelation intensifies the tension between the journalists and threatens the integrity of the reporting circle.

Robert prepares for a grand exhibition in Berlin and Sophia attends the opening, urging him to reveal the true reasons behind his Talish visit. The confrontation forces him to confront his past and the costs of his choices. The event marks a turning point as personal guilt clashes with professional ambition.

During a Berlin moment, it is revealed that the photos depicting Koltso in Talish were taken by Edgar Martirosyan, not Robert. The revelation reframes the narrative and uncovers a hidden connection between Edgar and Robert from their earlier meeting in Talish. The truth challenges the credibility of Robert's later reporting.

On the day of Talish's fall, Edgar passed all the photos to Robert so he could take them to the Artsakh press, but Robert appropriated them and published under his own name while Edgar was captured. Edgar's suffering and the photos' origins become a central secret in Robert's career. The memory of that act drives the moral tension that culminates years later.