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A sensual observational portrait of the annual rose harvest in Bulgaria's countryside, where a farming community relies on patient hands rather than machines.

A soft, sensory immersion in an age-old rose harvest that feels almost like a dream.

While we all know there is no rose without a thorn, London-based director Joya Berrow's latest film for NOWNESS offers a pleasingly soft and sensual study of a farming community in the Bulgarian countryside who depend on

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