Yearning (Armenian: Կարոտ) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Frunze Dovlatyan and based on the novella of the same name by Rachia Kochar.
The film addresses the theme of divided Armenia, a result of historical events that split the country into two parts.
The screenplay was written by Henrikh Malyan and Ruben Hovsepyan, while the music was composed by Martin Vardazaryan.
Set in 1937, the story follows an elderly man, Arakel, who has been displaced from his ancestral village due to the Armenian Genocide.
Tormented by longing and memories of his homeland, he crosses the state border into Turkey in an attempt to return to his birthplace.