Their tragedy was to fall in love.
A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman with a strong-willed father and a Jew-hating brother. The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.
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Film gallois ambitieux tourné en gallois, yiddish et un p’tit peu d’anglais. Belle histoire d’amour contrarié, triste, universelle, filmée de manière classique et épurée. Le film est allé en compétition aux Oscars comme meilleur film étranger. Quand même.