Between 1986 and 1990, Artur Aristakisian lived among the tramps and beggars of Kishinov, the Moldavian capital, studying them and empathising with their plight. This documentary follows a series of case studies - all disadvantaged in some way - as they go about their daily business of struggling to eke out an existence in a cruel and hostile world. Profound, spiritual and hallucinatory, `Palms is remarkable at every level and one of the most visionary films of recent years.
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A newly-filmed interview with director Aristakisyan
