The Souvenir(1986)
In a mountain Abkhaz village, 11-year-old Nar is pulled into a clash between ancestral traditions and outside pressures, when a powerful local figure threatens the sacred boxwood grove that anchors the community’s life.
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In a mountain Abkhaz village, 11-year-old Nar is pulled into a clash between ancestral traditions and outside pressures, when a powerful local figure threatens the sacred boxwood grove that anchors the community’s life.
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1986-09-30
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