War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region in 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Given everything that has been happening across Europe this past summer, it couldn’t be a more timely or poignant film.
The Oscar-nominated film about Georgian farmers caught up in a bloody civil war finally gets its much-deserved UK release.
The funniest and most profound film about war since Dr Strangelove.
A melancholy morality tale that beautifully illustrates the folly of conflict and blind hatred.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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