e seduces A Tunisian vice-pruner, decisions that reveal some strength of character. It is the people she encounters in her vagabond life, and their reactions to her, however, that are the core of the film. Mona reveals some information about her life to them, but ultimately it is a life unknown, by the people she meets, the audience, and most of all, by Mona.
The opening section sets the tone for the bleakness and sadness of the film. When a field hand discovers the frozen body of Mona at
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