When the Persimmons Grew

A film by Hilal Baydarov

Synopsis

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 The son leaves, and winter settles in to the forever-outdated house in which temporalities blurs and past and present beat to the rhythm of the same clock.

Length: 119 min
Format: Video HD, Colour & B&W
Ratio: 1:1.78
Language: Azerbaijani

Country / Year

Azerbaijan, Austria / 2019

Production

Subobsucra Films AT Ucqar Films AZ

Crew

Director, Writer, Cinematographer
Hilal Baydarov
Producers
Hilal Baydarov
Maéva Ranaivojaona
Georg Tiller

Film Festivals

Visions du réel, Nyon
Sarajevo Film Festival
Torino Film Festival
DocLisboa
Viennale
IDFA
Festival des 3 continents
Filmfestival Cottbus
this human world
Hanai Island FF
Ânûu-Rû Âboro Film Festival
Batumi Int. Art House FF
Carthage Film Festival
DokuBaku

Awards

Heart of Sarajevo — Int. Documentary Competition, Sarajevo Film Festival
Special Jury Mention — Int. Competition, Visions du réel
Interreligous Award — Int. Competition, Visions du réel