Stories are built on characters, plots and ideas. But they are also built on sentences, rhythms and words. “In the Orchard, the Swallows,” a stirring novella by Peter Hobbs, is a pristine ...

In soft, yearning tones, he speaks to the girl with whom he only ever spent a few chaste minutes in his father's pomegranate orchard, and for whom he risked his life.

Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Pomegranate Orchard’ Reviewed at Karlovy Vary Film Festival (East of the West), July 1, 2017. Running time: 90 MIN. (Original title: “Nar baği”) ...

Azerbaijan has selected Ilgar Najaf’s Pomegranate Orchard — the story of the return home of a wayward son — as its submission for best foreign-language film for next year’s Oscars.