A couple fleeing despotic rule encounter a book, a remnant symbol of truth, art and knowledge, which have been stripped of their value and legitimacy within their native land. The personal struggle of sacrifice in preserving these virtues is embodied in the words and actions of the couple as they encounter other battered sentinels of waning hope in the setting of a small border town.
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