Ivo (Lembik Ulfsak) and Margus (Elmo Nüganen) are tangerine farmers? orchardists? whatever, they grow tangerines but the harvest is being impacted by the sudden civil war between Georgians and Abkhazians. Ivo pulls two men, one Georgian, one Chechen mercenary fighting for the Abkhazians from the wreckage of a firefight and nurses them both back to health, hoping to mend more than just broken bones and lacerations.
Tangerines actually comes really close to experiencing what it's like to be in a war. There is a lot of really boring sameness and then suddenly an RPG gets fired at your car and now you're being shot at. It's shitty enough when you're a soldier, but I can't imagine how much worse it is for a regular person just trying to pick some goddamn tangerines.
It's not a bad film but it is slow-paced and like I said, depressing. Your mileage may vary. It's currently streaming on Tubi and on Kanopy.
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