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Tajikistan7 Essential Films from TajikistanStop 7 of 7

Luna Papa

Лунный папа

1999

Narrated by her unborn child, this exuberant fable follows a dreamy village girl who, pregnant after a one-night encounter, sets off with her father and shell-shocked brother to find the man responsible. A whimsical, magical-realist tragicomedy.

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Part of 7 Essential Films from Tajikistan

This film is stop 7 of 7 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Tajikistan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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