Aleksandr Sokurov Retrospective
City:
Saint Petersburg
Cinemas:
Avrora
Dates:
9–22 June 2016
Восточная элегия
Eastern Elegy
Countries: Russia, Japan
Year: 1996
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Genre: documentary
Language: Russian, Japanese
Time: 43 minutes
Возраст: 16+
First film in a cycle of Sokurov's Oriental-themed meditative documentaries.
Visually impressionistic, atmospherically dense, and narratively opaque, Oriental Elegy is the surreal journey of a displaced spirit (Aleksandr Sokurov) as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village.
Visually impressionistic, atmospherically dense, and narratively opaque, Oriental Elegy is the surreal journey of a displaced spirit (Aleksandr Sokurov) as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village.
Awards and festivals:
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival – Grand Prix
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Schedule:
14 June, Tuesday
19:00
Documentary Program 3