Section: Special: Belarus

Ruski

Russian

Victor Asliuk

Belarus, 2014, 22 Min

Wartime: in Eastern Europe Slavic peoples find themselves fighting on opposing sides of the frontline, a remarkable situation. A Belarusian conscript soldier fighting for the Russians is roaming the countryside in search of food when he suddenly stumbles across an Austrian soldier.

Belarusfilm

The enemy turns out to be a Ukrainian fighting on the side of the Austro-Hungarians. The pair's shared Slavic roots allow them to find a common language, as bread, tobacco and vodka do the rounds. Is this sufficient for them to trust each other however?

Assisted by artful black and white imagery director Victor Asliuk narrates a heart-warming personal wartime story devoid of bloody battle scenes that reminds us of the fact that, though war has no winners, the importance of individual choice nevertheless remains. MM

Filmformat
DCP | s/w / b/w

Drehbuch
Victor Asliuk

Kamera
Anatol Kazazaev

Schnitt
Victor Asliuk

Musik
Victor Kapycko

Darsteller
Michail Barskovich, Alexander Zhdanovich

Produzent
Igor Porshnev

Produktion
Belarusfilm

Kontakt
Belarusfilm
Igor Porshnev
Nezalezhmasco Av 98
220114 Minsk
Belarus
+37.51.72.67.10 02
www.belarusfilm.by
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Victor Asliuk - Director and script writer. He graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Since 1995 he has been working at Belarusfilm Studios and in 2003 became a member of the European Film Academy. He directed numerous documentaries that won awards at international film festivals.

Movies
MY ZHIVEM NA KRAI (2003, short)
ROBINSONS OF MANTSINSAARI (2009, doc)
EARTH (2012, short, doc)
SCHASLIVYIA LIUDZI (2014, short, doc)

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