Hamour

The day is March 21st, signaling the Spring Equinox. The film follows a family of poor Indian boat repairmen: two brothers, Krishna and Vishnu, and their father, Baba. Baba was a fisherman back in India, but, in Qatar, he is forced to work at any job he can get. One morning, when their bad-tempered boss Laksman is not around, the men take a boat out to sea without permission. During this clandestine fishing trip, the men happen to catch an extraordinary hamour fish. Krishna wants to have a feast as a gift for their father, but Vishnu disagrees and wants to sell it for the money. The film is a modern-day fable about the interconnectedness of seemingly disparate lives in Qatar during the Spring Equinox.—Anonymous