Section: Special: Belarus

Masha: historia kakhanya khvoraj na rak dzyauchyny

Masha: Love Story of a girl ill with cancer

Iryna Arakhouskaya, Arciom Harbacevich

Belarus, 2015, 6 Min

Normality in the face of a cruel stroke of fate: Masha is an attractive young woman. She naturally had a lot of admirers, including her boyfriend, who promised her heaven and earth. One day however she falls seriously ill and is soon thereafter diagnosed with cancer. How is one to go on after such a diagnosis?

Iryna Arakhouskaya

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During an extended period in hospital she loses her right arm. Though her boyfriend has long left her, she now has Alexander, who loves her for what she is. Together with Masha's mother the trio enjoy a slow-paced existence in a small country house.

The documentary was shot in Vietka, located in an area which was highly effected by the nuclear fallout of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The directors Arakhouskaya and Harbacevich manage to pull off the delicate balancing act of shooting a film on one of the most serious illnesses of our time whilst giving the viewer a sense of these youngsters' hopeful, positive attitude and frame of mind. MM

Filmformat
Mp4 | Doc. | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Iryna Arakhouskaya

Kamera
Iryna Arakhouskaya

Ton
Iryna Arakhouskaya

Schnitt
Iryna Arakhouskaya

Ausstattung
Iryna Arakhouskaya

Produktion
Nasha Niva

Kontakt
Iryna Arakhouskaya
irinagennadievvna@gmail.com

Iryna Arakhouskaya, Arciom Harbacevich - Iryna Arakhouskaya – born in 1992 in Minsk, Belarus. Filmmaker and videographer. Worked for the Belarusian newspaper “Nasha Niva”, conducted master classes of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Kiev) and a video interview course at the Young Journalist School in Minsk. Now cooperates with the independent TV channel “Belsat”.

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