A beautiful and fascinating look at some basic metaphysical and existential issues such as life and death and the relationship between cultural tradition and social change.
The ostensible plot involves a mystery as to why an engineer visits a small village claiming to work in telecoms when it soon becomes apparent that he is waiting for a village elder to die. Eventually he becomes partly integrated into this rural culture by virtue of being forced to stay there for longer than he had originally anticipated.
This is a subtly funny and deceptively simple yet profoundly rewarding film about people in tune with nature rather than in conflict with it. This is humorously expressed by jokes about a woman's three daily jobs: Work all day; serve in the evening; and then, more work at night. And by the oftentimes non utility of modern technology when, every time the central character receives a mobile phone call, he must drive out of the Black Valley - in which the village is situated - to get good hilltop reception. This running joke is, perhaps, a little overused and the film's overall length too long, but it makes its point well.
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