Soft Tales from a Refugee Camp

In the 1980s a Romanian family, accompanied by their dog defects to Greecewhere they are accommodated in a refugee camp. Exhilarating, absurd orsaddening surprises meet them at every turn when, during their wait forCanadian immigrant visas, they mingle with refugees from the communistbloc, Afghanistan and Turkey. Not everyone has the same reason for beingthere, but camp-mates of the same mind gather around drinks and thereis talk of hope and love, hatred and betrayal, heroism and sacrifi ces. Thesecathartic tales unfold against the background of one of the cruelest periodsof history.