TURISTOU VE VLASTNÍM DOMĚ/BEING A TOURIST AT HOME
Czech Republic, 2009, 38 min
Jaroslava Bagdasarová
29.01.2011 17:55
In the far, far North, where the day begins and the oceans meet, a small hamlet New Chaplino is situated. The goverment decided to turn the village into a tourist resort. It is winter, 30 degrees Celsius below zero. The tourists are not coming. There are only few memories of them and the snow has already covered their footprints. The village people live in the cardoard houses. They are waiting for the tourists and dancing. It is only Vika, their country fellow, who is coming to visit her native village after she has spent few years in the city. Thus all villagers keep waiting for the tourists and dancing...
Director: Jaroslava Bagdasarova
The Director Jaroslava Bagdasarova was born in Martin, Slovakia. She graduated in social anthropology at St.Peterburg State University, Russia and in documentary cinema at FAMU, Prague, Czech republic. She is currently working at the research institute in Halle/Saale, Germany.
Production: Pavla Kubečková Company, FAMU Smetanovo náb.2, Praha 1, Czech Republic
Camera: Georgij Bagdasarov
Edit: Libor Alexa
Award: Tococu Lisabon 2010 - první cena
language of dialoques: Russain, Chukchi
Language of subtitles: Czech, English
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