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Seychelles Seychelles · The wild blue yonder
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Drama. War War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region 1992: local Apkhazians are fighting to break free from Georgia. Estonian village between the mountains has become empty, almost everyone has returned to their homeland, only 2 men have stayed: Ivo and Margus. But Margus will leave as soon as he has harvested his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict in their miniature village wounded men are left behind, and Ivo is forced to take them in. But they ... [+]
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July 27, 2014
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Película poética, de firmeza pausada, oda contra la guerra. Y un personaje principal inolvidable este Ivo cargado de humanidad, eje angular de una parábola sobre las virtudes humanas en tiempos de maleza. Una historia triste de tantas historias de guerra -como diría Carlos Sorín, una historia "mínima"-. El odio, la redención, la soledad, el perdón, la injusticia. Es un gajo amargo de una mandarina tierna; el dulce y el agrio mezclados en la boca.
Y además, anima a leer sobre una guerra tan olvidada como cruenta. Y sobre la historia de estas tierras.
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