The Belovs
1992, Russia, 58 min., col., language – Russian, documentary, full-length
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Bread Day
1998, Russia, 55 min., o.v. – Russian, documentary, full-length
Director: Sergey Dvortsevoy
A chamber story of a family living in a village. Before us unfolds the daily routine of a sister and brother, sharing a rural home yet holding opposing life values. The film is about silence, the passage of time, and the possibility—or impossibility—of understanding between two close individuals.
*Golden Centaur – 1993
About the director:
Victor Kossakovsky
In a remote rural community inhabited only by elderly people, bread arrives once a week by railcar. The old villagers themselves push it for several kilometres from the station and then back again.
A laconic film about the decline of the Russian countryside amid the ruins of the Soviet Union. The story is so eloquent that it needs neither editing tricks nor voiceover commentary.
* Golden Centaur – 1998
