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Oriental Elegy

19966.1 / 1045 min
Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Director

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

Writer

Alexey Fedorov

Alexey Fedorov

Director of Photography

Vera Zelinskaya

Vera Zelinskaya

Production Design