When the Persimmons Grew

A hushed, patient meditation on waiting and time, drifting like the slow turn of seasons in a quiet house.

Directed by

Hilal Baydarov

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Maryam Naghiyeva, Hilal Baydarov, Vusal Baydarov

Overview

Immobile in a home where the sands of time fall to the rhythm of the rural Azerbaijani sounds, a mother waits for her son. When he arrives, their conversations circle around existential questions and news from afar. 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 The son leaves, and winter settles in to the forever-outdated house in which temporalities blurs and past and present beat to the rhythm of the same clock.

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, family, aging, memory

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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