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The Absence of Apricots

2018 / 49 minutes

Directed by: Daniel Asadi Faezi

Country of production: Pakistan Germany

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In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing massive floods which immersed fields and entire village. Thousands of people got dislocated and had to look for different places where to live. All that remain are memories, passed to the new generation in stories. The Absence of Apricots surveys this haunted landscape, sketching everyday life of its inhabitants, as it is interwoven with memory, myth, and loss.

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Language and subtitles: Burushaski

Location(s) depicted: Hunza-Valley

Region: South Asia

Country: Pakistan

Keywords: Environment Memory Development projects Resettlement

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