Samvel Tadevosyan, known for ‘Life and Fight’, returns in leading role after lengthy break with new 10-part sci-fi film ‘88’
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Actor Samvel Tadevosyan, known to audiences from the film “Life and Fight”, is returning to the set after a lengthy break. The actor has taken on the leading role in “88”, a 10-part drama and science-fiction series, filming for which will begin in October.
The story is about time travel. “88” is a story about a father and son, time and guilt, choice and its price, unfolding simultaneously across two eras — Yerevan in 2026 and Armenia in 1988, in the weeks preceding the Spitak earthquake.
Travelling through time, the protagonist goes back to 1988 to prevent a major disaster. Samvel Tadevosyan plays Adam, a journalist. Although he has spent years uncovering other people’s most complicated stories, the story of his own family remains unresolved: his father, physicist Hakob, disappeared without a trace in 1994.
Decades later, a new development forces Adam to return to a search he had abandoned long ago. The investigation unexpectedly takes him to November 1988, where Adam has the opportunity to meet his father as a young man and uncover previously unknown aspects of his life. However, the personal story gradually becomes connected to a much larger question: what did his father know about the approaching disaster, and can an intervention in the past change the future?
For Samvel Tadevosyan, “88” marks a return to the set after a lengthy break.
The actor gained widespread recognition particularly for his roles in the films “Life and Fight” and “Bravo, Virtuz”, becoming one of the memorable faces of contemporary Armenian cinema. After a creative break of several years, Tadevosyan returns in “88” in a leading role, portraying a mature character facing internal conflicts and difficult personal choices.
The series offers an opportunity to see Armenia in 1988 before the Spitak earthquake — people’s everyday lives, relationships and life at a time when it is not yet known what awaits them just weeks later.
“88” is scheduled to premiere in January 2027.
Further details about the 10-part series, the names of other cast members and the first trailer will be presented in the near future.
It should be recalled that Samvel Tadevosyan is best known to Armenian audiences for his portrayal of Tigran in the film “Life and Fight”, for which he received the State Prize of Armenia, the Armenian National Film Academy’s “Anahit” Award and a special award at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival.
The actor has also appeared in the films “From Above”, “Crossing”, “Bravo, Virtuoso” and “The Land Surveyors”, as well as the series “Against the Current” and “SSSR”. He portrayed Komitas in the film “Songs of Solomon”.
More recently, Tadevosyan has also appeared in the fashion industry, taking part in a campaign for DIOR’s autumn-winter collection.