Sharbat gets a cactus plant as a present from her grandfather. As the drought strikes the village, the despair of its inhabitants reaches its peak. The water is gone. The faith is lost. The cactus will never bloom. And her grandpa is dying. With an empty jar in her hand, tenacity in her eyes and strong faith in her heart, Sharbat approaches the only place of worship of the village. And though she does not belong to the same religion, she is firmly determined to pray for the rain.
Writer Biography
Thea Marti is a Rome-based Ukrainian filmmaker and a founder of an audiovisual start up PhD Films, which has been included into 100 talented creative projects of Lazio Region 2018 and funded by “Migration Policies Fund –Year 2012” of the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
After obtaining her MA in Japanese Language and Literature at Taras Shevchenko…
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