Si le vent tombe

A beautiful and very interesting fiction film, the first one I have seen about or from Nagorno Karabakh. The narrative gradually acquires an immersive, poetic quality allowing the viewer to calmly observe a western engineer's efforts in trying to assess the possibility of opening the airport on the one hand and a young boy's daily wanderings trying to survive in a dry and unhospitable nearby area on the other.

War is recent and still not really over, one senses and violence can erupt at any time. But there is also tranquility as people and animals are getting on with their lives. And above all there is hope.

We need more of this kind of cinema and the West should listen to such diverse voices.