Elegiya dorogi

Jun 19 2012 N/A 0h 48m
Documentary, Drama, Fantasy

This intimately narrated journey from Russia to Rotterdam, via rail, road and Finnish ferry, is a melancholy meditation on divinity, time and place in art, purpose (or its lack) and the loneliness of the soul. Passing through misty snowscapes, half-glimpsed cities and the icy night sea-swell.

Plot

From a misty night into the dark exposition rooms of a museum to ponder philosophically at paintings by 'Pieter Jansz Saenredam', 'Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers', Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Andreas Schelfhout, Vincent van Gogh, Pieter Bruegel, Charles Henri Joseph Leickert.

Written by

Aleksandr Sokurov

Directed by

Aleksandr Sokurov

Cast

Aleksandr Sokurov

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia, Netherlands, France

Production Companies

Studio "Bereg", Idéale Audience, Kasander Film Company, ARTE

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
488
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA