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Oriental Elegy
Oriental Elegy
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Oriental Elegy

Original Title: Восточная элегия

1996
45m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1996

Runtime

45m

Storyline

A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village. Guided by a series of faintly illuminated rooms, the wandering spirit comes upon ancient souls who take on physical forms as they recount their personal stories of daily existence, loss, and tragedy in the peasant community. Intrigued by his initial visit to a curiously distracted elderly woman, the spirit returns to her home in order to ask a fundamental question - "What is happiness?" - an existential query that is innocently answered with innate humility and accepted unknowingness.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
45m
Apr 26, 1996
Languages
Russian
Japanese
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Production
NHK
NHK
Severny Fond
Severny Fond
Lenfilm
Lenfilm
Production Countries
Japan
Russia

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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