A mother waits for her son. When he arrives, their conversations circle around existential questions and news from afar, troubling and cryptic. Unrest cloaks the world outside. Mother and son grow closer, silence melts into words, and life springs between them. The son leaves, and winter settles into the forever-outdated house. The persimmons serve as a symbol and reason for homecoming, and Hilal Baydarov, one of the most uncompromising and original voices of modern cinema, creates a testimony to the meaning of home and to the fragility of family relations in our modern world.
Join for an interesting conversation with Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov about this award-winning and very personal film, before the screening.
