My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea

Jan 31, 2017

1h 52m

★ 8.0

The story of a man who feels like immigrant in his own homeland and tries to make a documentary about his father.

Overview

A middle-aged man returns to a fictional country in the Balkans to make a documentary about his father, a well-known artist. The son’s own artistic endeavours have never received attention to the level he feels they deserve. Consequently he has struggled to find a meaningful place in society and his personal life is chaos.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

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My Heart Is an Octopus or My Father on the Shore of the Black Sea

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