Alexei to izumi Alexei and the Spring Motohashi Seiichi Japan 2002 |
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Produktion: Polepole Times Weltvertrieb: Sosna Film, 164-0003 Nakano-ku, Higashina Kano, 4-4-1-7F, Tokyo Tel.: (81-3) 3227 1870 Fax: (81-3) 3227 1406 e-mail: polepole@mac.email.ne.jp Kamera: Masafumi Ichinose Musik: Sakamoto Ryuichi Ton: Nagai Shigeo Schnitt: Muramoto Masaru Format: 35 mm, 1:1.85, Farbe Länge: 104 Minuten, 24 Bilder/Sek. Sprache: russisch, weißrussisch |
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Budische, a small village in the Republic of Belarus. A village contaminated by radioactive fall-out from the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Most residents left the village; fifty-five elderly people and one young man, Alexei, remained because the village is their homeland, and because there is a 100 year-old spring. It emerges from a sunken area at the c-tre of the village, rainwater that has circulated underground for 100 years. This crystal clear water, which escaped contamination from the nuclear accident, quenches peoples thirst and supports life in the village. Water from the source collects in one square pool lined with heavy timbers; water stored in a second pool beside that is used for washing. Villagers appear one after another to draw their drinking water and to do their laundry. Handmade crosses and icons stand beside the spring as offerings. The villagers believe that God resides near water, and have a visiting priest hold seasonal services and celebrate rites of passage there. The spring plays the role of the village church. It has been an integral part of life in Budische for generations. | ||
Biographien
/ Biographies Motohashi Seiichi, geb. 1940 in Tokio. Studium an der Hochschule für Fotografie in Tokio. Fotograf und Filmemacher. Fotobücher u.a. Roujin to umi (An Old Man and the Sea), Mugen Houyou (Tschernobyl). Bisher zwei Filme: Nadyas Village (Forum 1998), Alexei and the Spring (2002). |