i think you may have missed the point of this movie. i am not sure what u were looking for, perhaps you are used to something different. art and beauty IS subjective. this film was trying to give people watching it hope.
the snow is not just poetic here, its a state of mind and a state of affairs in armenia. there are many reasons y this is set in the winter. one of them that quickly comes to mind : "after winter must come spring" - we r witnessing a culture, a region that once had every material that they needed, when they were part of the USSR. The lives flourished for the most part. This was part of the dialogue in the very beginning when the father is going to get the letter from his son in paris. the only real thing they have now is freedom, which they didnt have before. Their lives were full, they were able to afford most things they needed - tvs, transportation, clothing, etc- did u notice that some of the houses are not too shabbily built? these people were educated, as was shown that the songs sang in the bus and the wedding were italian; these people not only spoke in their own language -armenian/kurdish (or both- but russian as well.
after the USSR's fall and Armenia becoming a sovereign entity things fell apart, due to the resources that they may have lacked at that very moment. so now the road to stability is as hard as the journey is through a road in the snow, while carrying a dresser on your back.
some people still miss the old days because even though they didn't have the freedoms then, they had a much more stable life, with no surprises of getting fired tomorrow. one example of that is the scene when nina is getting fired from the stand there is a poster that harks back to soviet times, Lenin and october revolution.
here's another one
zine = armenia , she is young, talented and full of vigor; zine is also a prostitute, and she was whoring herself out for any bit of stability in her life. or money.
her "client" = soviet union. dirty old man that has the ability to give her whatever she needs, but will only do it until it suits him, and after wards he will cheat her out of it.
she revolts against him.
her journey home is armenia's journey to a different life.
oh this movie is full of these metaphors.
as for low budget? its a film about armenia, not star wars. its about turnoil, hope and the road towards a time that would make a lil bit more sense and be a little bit more stable.
Lord Arthur Goring: To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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