Stories from the Chestnut Woods
★ 6.2 · 2019 · 81m · Drama · Fantasy · History
In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the ocean to find there a better life. A chance encounter gives rise to a dreamy parable on loss, loneliness and the power of imagination.
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