Pegij Pyos Begushchij Krayem Morya
Publicerat av lucas4you den november 8, 2009
The first hour of the film is made like a documentary of rural life in an Eskimo-like community on the northern Siberian coast. The other part of the film is a slowly progressive drama about a boy, his father and two other men going out for a boat trip to hunt some seals on a remote island off the coast. They are travelling in a handmade wooden boat, with only the sky to navigate from. After a successful hunting they head back for the village. However they are surprised by bad weather and are swept into a heavy fog that will last for days. With nothing to eat and the water supply running out, the men are starting to sacrifice themselves one by one for the little boy. This is a slow film, with almost no dialogue, but this is a unique piece of authentic social anthropology. Of course it is also a nice coming of age portrait about the boy. The film was made in 1990, an the director is Karen Gevorkian.
skykid sade
I am not found of the slow action films , but would not mind seeing this one – just because of its rare nature. It seems to be a challenging one too – judging from your review as you make references to the social issues it deals it. My problem with such films is that the heroes on screen come from a completely different culture than the one I grew up with which makes the process of association with them a bit harder if not impossible – yet never the less interesting to observe. I am curious what made you pick this titles from the CVMC catalog – are you found of documentaries – if so I could recommend you few.