Very good movie, if you can stand to read subtitles. I really thought a lot of it. would watch again.

Excellent film. Beautiful, true, and rich with symbolism. I agree with an earlier reviewer who said it's one of the best anti-war movies.

This Georgian movie is perhaps one of the best anti-war movies I've seen. Ivo and Margus are Estonian neighbors, the remaining two of an Estonian enclave that have returned to Estonia once war broke out in the region between Georgia and Abkasia. (I read up on Estonians in Georgia and this is historically accurate; I never knew this!)

Ivo and Margus live alone but close to each other. Margus has a tangerine orchard and the crops need picking. But then a deadly skirmish between opposite forces take place in front of their homes. Only one per side survives: Ahmed and Nika. Ivo takes both wounded to his home to convalesce. There is deep-seated hatred between both men, but Ivo demands that there will be no killing in his home. Both wounded men agree to that, out of respect for Ivo.

The plot moves slowly, however, the mood is tense at all times. But as the men heal they both warm up to each other and share things about their lives with Ivo. Nika the Georgian is a Christian. Ahmed the Chechen mercenary is a Muslim. One starts to understand the reason why these men joined the war, but one also sees how the hatred btween the fighting nations is senseless. It's even more senseless toward the end of the movie, when one learns why Ivo stayed in his home rather than return to Estonia.

Most of the movie takes place inside Ivo's home, but the closing credit landscape is beautiful, and the somber music especially adds sadness to this movie.

This is a very good example of post-Soviet cinema. Everyone interested in Georgia, Abkhazia (and Estonia, actually), and the dissolution of the Soviet Union should watch it. In addition, this is a touching story about two enemies turned friends ready to sacrifice their lives for one another.

- - - The point being that all war, no matter how minor, is purposeless ! Beautiful movie - why tangerines ?