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Representative Sonny Bono (R., Calif.) returns to Washington after a weekend in Palm Springs, where he rested up from his first week in Congress, worked in his district office, gave interviews and hosted a do for the Palm Springs International Film Festival...
...explains to the woman he loves, simply doesn't comprehend how minuscule the particles truly are. He tells her, "I could put an atom into your hand for every second since the world began, and you would have to squint to see the dot of atoms in your palm." Some men offer their beloved the moon. Kerner offers his a speck in her palm -- a glimpse into the micro-basement of the universe -- and she is enchanted. And the audience...
Finally, the film turns to Charalambos Demosthenous, a flute-maker and priest. He relates how his son was killed during the Turkish invasion. As a memorial to him, Demosthenous planted a palm tree at the edge of the ocean. The film shows Demosthenous performing his paternal duty by watering the tree, and Chrysanthou and Kizilyurek make their own pilgrimage there, buckets of water in hand...
...image of the palm tree is the most significant one in "Our Wall," for it represents the message of the film. The young palm tree stands like a promise in a barren, isolated, dusty strip of land. Chrysanthou and Kizilyurek don't press the point, but it is clear that the palm tree represents the future of Cyprus as they would like to see it: acknowledging the memory of the past, but looking towards the future, watered by both Greeks and Turks, and someday bearing fruit...
...Palm Springs pharmacy demanded immigration documents before filling a prescription for a customer's daughter, a U.S. citizen...