Nana Kiknadze

The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.

Somewhere deep, deep in Russia there is a town called Marks (named after Karl Marks, founder of Communism theory) where all people are working on toy factory and receiving their wages as toys. News from other cities are arriving on very rare occasion. One morning, Boris, a former boxing who is running from something, wakes up in train and see four letters MAR_S. From his first steps he starts to meet new people as Gregori, young man with a dream who is in love with local librarian, Greta, whose dream is to get out from this god-forgotten town. With each new step, he is meeting new people, but the past is hard to escape

Trois jeunes touristes américains traversent un paysage désolé dans une région rurale de la Géorgie. La zone est connue pour avoir été parsemée de mines terrestres pendant la guerre. Mais cela semble être une menace mineure par rapport aux événements cauchemardesques qui vont se dérouler lors de cet après-midi où, prisonnier d'un terrain miné, l'un d'eux est contraint de regarder impuissant sa petite amie être terrorisée et brutalement agressée...