Yiannis doesn’t have much going for him, save for his adorable dog, Jimi, and his fast-approaching date to get out of Cyprus for good. But when Jimi wanders across the U.N. buffer zone and into the section of the island Turkey seized more than forty years ago, an unregulated state unrecognized by the rest of the world, Yiannis learns, bringing a dog back over the border is not as easy as walking straight home. He enlists a mismatched band of accomplices from every side of the Cyprus dispute to find a way to get Jimi back, while never leaving the land he calls home.
Writer and director Marios Piperides has been producing films in Cyprus for more than a decade, and his inside knowledge pays dividends in this narrative feature debut—a whip-smart comedy on legality, disputed nationality, and the frameworks that are erected to maintain a fragile peace. He demonstrates his compassion for locals on both sides of the divide, as he tenderly captures their struggle to find hope and make a living in a divided land. Such serious themes pair perfectly with Piperides’s sense of humor: As Yiannis’s efforts dip farther into absurdity, they offer a send-up of the forces that prolong a conflict that has been poorly understood and largely forgotten by the outside world.
巴特雅(莎拉·埃德勒 Sarah Adler 饰)是一名婚礼喜宴服务员,然而她的生活却非常孤单乏味,父母不常联系,男友也离他而去。一天,巴特雅在海边碰见一个满脸雀斑的小女孩,只穿这一条小泳裤,套着一只游泳圈。巴特雅以为她迷路了,将她带到警察局,小女孩却一句话也不说。巴特雅只好把这个神秘的小女孩带回家里照顾,渐渐地,她和不说话的小女孩似乎建立起了某种信任和依靠,巴特雅便把她带到自己工作的婚宴餐厅,然而小女孩却神秘消失了。巴特雅再次回归孤单。在一次赴约中,巴特雅竟然看见小女孩从不愿摘下的泳圈滚过马路,她上前追赶,却被车撞倒……
本片荣获2007年第60届戛纳电影节的金摄影机奖,以及国际影评人周最佳编剧。