
LegendhasitthatwaterwasbroughttoEarthbycomets.Withoutwater,humanlifeisimpossible.Lovetoo,isessentialforsurvival.Withoutit,existencecanbeunbearable.Manyyearshavepassedsincetheywereseparatedbycircumstance,butthememoriesofbalmysummereveningsintheoutskirtsofTbilisihavestayedwith55-year-oldsIrina(NinoKasradze)andNana(KetevanGegeshidze).Thetwowereonceinseparable,sharingabondbeyondfriendshipthatdidnotgounnoticedintheirsmallcommunity.Morethanthreedecadeslater,Irinareturnstothesummerhouseofheryouth,aplacewhereNanabuiltalife,marryingandbearingtwochildren,andwhereshestillresideswithherdaughter,alsonamedIrina(EkaterineKalatozishvili).Suddenly,thewomenarebackintheyardwheretheyspenttheirteenageyearsandmustconfrontallthatwasleftunsaid.Theclarificationoftheirexchangedissipatesfromthescreenthroughglancesandmincedsentences.Despitetheirindefatigablestrength,feelingsdonotalwaysyieldtocandorandasistruetolife,sometimesonlythelanguageofcinemacanunlockthesecretswekeepandthewordsthatgounspoken.<br/> —TorontoInternationalFilmFestival