Oriental Elegy (1996)

ALL 04/26/1996 (ru) Documentary 45 Min
  • Release
    04/26/1996
  • Production
    NHK, Severny Fond, Lenfilm
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    Восточная элегия
  • Original language
    ru
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village. Guided by a series of faintly illuminated rooms, the wandering spirit comes upon ancient souls who take on physical forms as they recount their personal stories of daily existence, loss, and tragedy in the peasant community. Intrigued by his initial visit to a curiously distracted elderly woman, the spirit returns to her home in order to ask a fundamental question - "What is happiness?" - an existential query that is innocently answered with innate humility and accepted unknowingness.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Aleksandr Sokurov

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 1 , Crews : 4

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Oriental Elegy (1996) 45 Min

ALL 04/26/1996 (ru)
Documentary
  • Release 04/26/1996
  • Production
    NHK, Severny Fond, Lenfilm
  • Original title Восточная элегия
  • ru
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village. Guided by a series of faintly illuminated rooms, the wandering spirit comes upon ancient souls who take on physical forms as they recount their personal stories of daily existence, loss, and tragedy in the peasant community. Intrigued by his initial visit to a curiously distracted elderly woman, the spirit returns to her home in order to ask a fundamental question - "What is happiness?" - an existential query that is innocently answered with innate humility and accepted unknowingness.

  1. Aleksandr Sokurov

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer