A man, a child, two wars, a river, a tree. A man and a child meet under a tree on a river bank, sharing the same memory and a secret. They find in each other the serenity, the silence and the time they lost in the flowing water of the river.
Cinematography
Long, meditative shots that let silence speak.
Direction
Mata's patient, almost spiritual approach to trauma.
Director
André Gil Mata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the film quietly references both the 1990s conflict and WWII without explicit exposition.
Mata uses non-professional actors and real locations to blur fiction with lived memory—some crew members had family who experienced these events.
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