Borowitschi (Borovitchi)

Germany, 1995
Length: 98'
Director: Viola Stephan

Director / Producer: Viola Stephan

Cinematography: Victor Kossakovsky

Borovitchi—a Russian provincial town roughly halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, slightly off the main route.
About 60,000 inhabitants, yet a distinctly rural way of life.

Small traders in the marketplace pray: “Help us, oh Lord, to sell!”
There used to be industry in Soviet times; now what matters are the potatoes stored in your cellar.

Thank God for a good potato harvest! The police chief has forty-five sacks.
The pride of the army: homemade pickles and preserves in the cellar of a former monastery.

Felt boots are still produced in one of the last remaining factories.
Winter may come.

FRIDAY, MAY 1 · 20:30h | Teatro Municipal

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