Storyline

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are penniless--she works in a local bar that is about to close down, while he has been forced to start selling his meager possessions. All seems hopelessly bleak, yet when Hamo begins to court Nina, their unexpected love revitalizes them.—Sujit R. Varma

Plot Keywords

widower, father, poor person, bar owner, kurd, widow, charming, touching, quirky, graveyard, bar, armenia, village, bus, friendship, small-town life, bereavement, romance, sympathy, soviet union, transformation, love, growing up, 1990s

Short Review

This is frostbitten Fellini -- a film that finds fresh beauty and contentment in the wake of centuries of conquering armies.

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