Rating
Genre
Unconventional Drama, Debut Films, Womankind
Year
2019
Country
Germany, Belarus
Original language
Russian
Subtitles
English, German, Spanish
Runtime
77'
Lothar Herzog
Elena is a student in Minsk, Belarus. She has a passionate but increasingly difficult relationship with her boyfriend Victor. When her father is arrested, she has to continue his illegal business. In order to make deals for him, she repeatedly has to drive into the 'forbidden zone' of Chernobyl. She finds herself attracted by the zone’s deceptive beauty – but her life seems more and more contaminated by a destructive force...
Daria Mureeva, Evgeni Sngadzhiev, Vitali Kotovitski, Helga Filippova, Vjacheslav Shakalido, Aleksei Filimonov, Aleksei Kravchenko
Script: Lothar Herzog; Photographer: Philipp Baben der Erde; Editor: Stefanie Kosik, Lothar Herzog; Sound: Johannes Kaschek
Zurich Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, Cottbus Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival
- 1986, 2019
- Weisst du eigentlich dass ganz viele Blumen blühen im Park, short, 2011
- 5 Sehr Kurze Szenen, shorts, 2010
- Wasserspiegel, short, 2008
- Yuppy Cars, short, 2008
- Dahab wa lyaab, short, 2005