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Alexey FEDORCHENKO | Russia | 2018 | color | DCP | 75′ | Russian, Ukrainian, German | e.s.
The horrific true story of Jewish Anna, a girl who somehow survived World War II in Ukraine, is of great beauty. The six-year old hid in a building commandeered by the Nazis. Fear of discovery by the guard dog keeps her imprisoned. Ode to the ingenuity and resilience of a child.
Ukraine, 1941: a Jewish girl regains consciousness under a layer of black earth. Close-ups of milky-white body parts reveal she is in a mass grave. The images are of great beauty despite all their horror. Director Alexey Fedorchenko (Silent Souls, 2010; Angels of Revolution, 2014) modestly, empathically tells the true story of six-year-old Anna, who views the war from her hiding place in a building taken over by the Nazis. The guard dog outside imprisons her. The threat of discovery is constant.
Her ingenuity, the items left behind by the slowly alternating visitors and the treasures she discovers in the adjacent rooms help her survive, simultaneously creating some absurdist, theatrical moments. This ode to children’s resilience and ingenuity hinges on the phenomenal child actress Marta Kozlova.
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 13 April 2018
Time: 13:45
Duration: 0:57
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 14 April 2018
Time: 21:45
Duration: 0:57
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 15 April 2018
Time: 11:30
Duration: 0:57
Year in
Festival
2018
Director
Camera
Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev
Cast
Marta Kozlova
Country
Russia
Editor
Herve Schneid
Pavel Khanyutin
Language
Length
75′
Producer
Andrey Saveliev
Artem Vasilyev
Maxim Lojevsky
Dmitriy Vorobyov
Production Company
SAGa
Metrafilms
February 29th
Sales
Media Luna New Films
Scenario
Natalya Meshchaninova
Alexey Fedorchenko
Sound Design
Year of Production
2018
Alexey FEDORCHENKO (1966) is a Russian filmmaker who began his career making short documentaries. His First on the Moon (2005) is considered to be the first Russian mockumentary and received the Orizzonti Award in Venice. Fedorchenko’s feature films have also received numerous nominations and awards at international film festivals.