Length: 90'
Director: Victor Kossakovsky
Director, Cinematography, Editing: Victor Kossakovsky
Producer: Viola Stephan
Victor Kossakovsky, born in Leningrad on Wednesday, July 19, 1961, conceived Sreda from a simple yet striking idea: to search for others born on the same day. The film encounters kindergarten teachers, dentists, women in maternity wards, men in courtyards, train drivers, bus drivers, and hospital patients.
Its central perspective is historical, portraying lives side by side and revealing possibilities that arise from the interplay of biographies, including connections shaped by chance. One woman remarks that those born in July fall under the sign of Cancer, adding: “Cancers cling to childhood—to the past.”
The film reflects this thought by telling of the present through the lens of time gone by. Dreams and perspectives flicker like a palimpsest, only to fade again into the harshness of everyday reality. Yet wishes surface, giving the figures a renewed strength to act. As one critic observed, never has it been clearer how life plays with people—and how time treats their hopes.
SUNDAY, MAY 3 · 20:30h | Teatro Municipal