OVSYANKI

Silent Souls


Russia
2010
77 minutes

Two friends leave on a road trip to perform the last rites for the wife of one of them. Slight but visually stunning meditation on culture and memory.

Igor Mishin presents a Media Mir Foundation/April Mig Pictures production. (World sales, Memento Films International.)
Starring Igor Sergeyev, Yuri Tsurilo, Yulya Aug, Viktor Sukhurokov.
Directed by Alexei Fedorshenko; produced by Igor Mishin, Mary Nazari; screenplay by Denis Osokin, based on the novel by Aist Sergeyev, Ovsyanki; music by Andrei Karasyov; director of photography (colour, widescreen), Mikhail Krishman; art director, Alexei Potapov; costume designer, Anna Barthuly; film editor, Sergei Ivanov. 
Screened: Venice Film Festival advance press screening, Palazzo del Casinò - Sala Perla (Venice), September 3rd 2010.

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