[SI LE VENT TOMBE]

Followed by a recorded Q&A with filmmaker Nora Martirosyan.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in the southern Caucasus Mountains is a small breakaway country inaccessible by air. There is, however, an airport that has been inoperable since the escalation of war in 1990, with full facilities, employees and a runway that has still not been cleared for use. Alain (Grégoire Colin, BEAU TRAVAIL), an airport auditor, is sent from France to evaluate the situation and decide if it can open. Since conflict surrounds the small nation that signed a ceasefire in 1994 with neighboring nations Armenia and Azerbaijan, it must first be determined safe. As his investigation continues, Alain becomes enmeshed with the lives of the people of Karabakh, making his evaluation increasingly personal, with the people of the small republic counting on him to open them up to the larger world. Franco-Armenian director Nora Martirosyan shot the film in and around the real airport and based many of the characters on the people she met during her time there. Her debut feature shows a people full of hope, willing to believe the impossible is possible. (Note adapted from AFI FEST.) Official Selection, 2020 Cannes and AFI FEST film festivals.

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