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“A fairy tale of a man who broke his dream”
First five minutes of the film show a weird fellow who is playing marbles with kids and seems to be just biding his time. Film after the titles continues to follow his adventures as his love story unfolds. A love story between him and a doll in a window shop.
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Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

The subjects are trains and trainyards, which were key iconic symbols in the Yugoslav Black Wave films of the decade that followed. Lazić would also turn pro, directing mostly for television with the intermittent feature film to his credit.