My Branch So Thin

France, Russia2018fiction14'Laureaci festiwali (2019)

A deeply moving and subtly filmed story about the last farewell between a daughter and a mother which will long be remembered by the viewer. A lesson in humility and, above all, the acceptance of the order of life and death by means of the intimate ritual of washing the dead woman’s body. Black and white photographs and a slow, intimate rhythm assist in telling a story which, although rooted in a specific tradition, is true for each and every one of us. In a patient and caring way, a “babushka” leads the young woman through the meanders of the funeral tradition. Best Live Action Short at the 34th Warsaw Film Festival.