The story is set in the city of Erzurum in Western Armenia , the Armenian-populated area of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century . Nerses akhpar , a poor old man , goes to the local shop to buy food for his family . " In a close-knit community , food was one of the main topics of discussion . Everybody knew through the grapevine what was on each other 's table for dinner . The status of town inhabitants was measured by the number of visits to the butcher shop , which was pretty much the center of the Armenian universe . " Nikoghos agha , who is the owner of the shop , gives him liver for free . Every time they meet , Nikoghos agha reminds Nerses akhpar about the liver he gave away . At the end of the story , Nerses buys the liver he owned and after finding Nikoghos agha throws it into his face in the presence of several others screaming " Here is your '' tjvjik '' . " The 2006 book '' Armenian Food : Facts , Fiction & Folklore '' jokingly concludes " " Charity exacerbated the resentment felt by the recipient " , modern psychoanalysts would say . " '' Tjvjik '' is primarily significant , because it is the first ever film in the Western Armenian language . Western Armenian was spoken by the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and had come close to being extinct as a results of the Armenian Genocide . The film reflects the " unassimilated " life of Armenians under Turkish rule in the 19th century . Several lines and expression from the film had become idioms in the Armenian colloquial . For example , the expression " do n't make a story about '' tjvjik '' " ( տժվժիկի պատմություն սարքել ) . In 2006 , DJ Serjo , one of the most notable Armenian house music producers , released his first album named '' Tjvjik ''
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