Sweet Smoke of the Fatherland (2012)

This film is a triptych with three stories, involving three characters. They live in different parts of Europe: Western Europe -Catalonia (Spain); Eastern Europe -Lithuania; and in the new Europe -Georgia (Akhazia). They have experienced, in different parts of the 20Th century, civil wars and dictatorships. They share the same fate: they stayed where they were born. This film is about people who decide to do nothing in times of war, oppression and occupation. They choose a life amidst the ruins of their past. Even when this choice leads to loneliness: living a dream, not a reality. Alone, between the graves of their loved ones, they spend their last days. They have frozen their lives by protecting themselves from the outside world.

Released May 17, 2012 79 min None+

Genres: Documentary, War

Keywords: imdb.loneliness, imdb.abandonment, imdb.fatherland, imdb.memory, imdb.old-age, imdb.war-veteran, imdb.wood-stove + 8 more, imdb.isolated-place, imdb.countryside, imdb.village, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.abandoned-farm, imdb.cultivation, imdb.provincial-setting, imdb.old-people