Keywords
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abkhazia
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anti war
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abkhaz georgian conflict
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year 1992
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audio cassette
Summaries
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In 1992, war rages in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. An Estonian man Ivo has decided to stay behind and harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo takes him in.
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War in Georgia, Abkhazia region 1992: local Abkhaz 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 are from opposite sides of the war. This is touching anti-war story about Estonians who find themselves in the middle of someone else's war. How do they handle it? How do the enemies act under third-party roof? —Annts
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Ivo, an old Estonian farmer, has stayed back in Gerogia along with his friend, Margus to harvest the abundant Tangerines. His bleak life is turned upside down when he decides to shelter Ahmed, a Muslim Chechen mercenary and a Georgian, Niko, both having lost their men & injured heavily from combat. It does not help matters that the pair are constantly waiting to pounce back at each other once their respective health permits. —PipingHotViews
Quotes
See MoreScene #1
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Margus
Soon there will be rain.
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Ivo
There will not.
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Margus
They will be here soon.
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Ivo
Who?
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Margus
The Georgians and Russians. And the tangerines will stay in the trees. You know what this war is called? The war of citrus.
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Ivo
What do you mean?
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Margus
It's a war over my tangerines.
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Ivo
Be normal. They are fighting for the land.
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Margus
For the land where my tangerines grow.
Scene #2
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Juhan
I thought it would explode.
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Margus
It explodes in the cinema.
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Ivo
Ah, the cinema is one big fraud.
Scene #3
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Ahmed
I will avenge my friend. This is a holy thing for us old man, you don't understand.
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Ivo
Killing a sleeping man, when he is unconscious, is that a sacred thing too? I didn't know.