Downstream from the Sun

Downstream from the Sun

1969 · 95 min · ★ 7.0 · Romance, Drama

Young teacher first experience in their profession acquired in a remote mountain village, which has no school building. Life of a farmer, a clash between two warring race, then the conflict between the government and farmers for cutting the national forests needed to build new schools and the presence of a young teacher who doubt the search for truth, that will lead to major conflicts and tragedies.

Directed by Fedor Škubonja · Written by Stanislava Borisavljević

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