All That Passes by Through a Window That Doesn't Open

All That Passes by Through a Window That Doesn't Open

2017 · 69 min · ★ 6.3 · Documentary

While labourers from Azerbaijan are working on the construction of a new high-speed train line intended to bring glory to future generations, in Armenia, a station master has spent 20 years awaiting the return of the trains beyond a closed border, in an abandoned depot.

Directed by Martin DiCicco · Written by Martin DiCicco

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