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– Hamo, a handsome 60-year old man, lives alone in a Romenian village with one of his daughters and hi..
Hamo, a handsome 60-year old man, lives alone in a Romenian village with one of his daughters and his granddaughter. He also owns a retirement of seven dollars per month, a closet, an old russian television set and a military costume.A letter from his second daughter arrives from France.A rumor runs through the village: the envelope would be full of money...But Hamo doesn't think but of the beautiful unknown girl from the cemetery.
21 Nov 2003
Armenian, Kurdish, Russian, French
Hiner Saleem
Lei Dinety, Pauline Gouzenne (adaptation), Hiner Saleem
Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian, Ivan Franek, Ruzan Mesropyan
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.
8 wins & 3 nominations.
New Yorker