Portrait

Russia2002documentary28'

The idea of the film is simple and suggestive. Static, almost photographic takes of people in a winter landscape as a backdrop make a series of portraits of the residents of a Russian village. We are watching a man almost organically bound with a place.The sounds of nature, a blowing wind or singing birds signalling changing seasons, integrate it all. With this background, the image of a man at work acquires a deeply humane dimension, also thanks to the painting-like staffage, which refines the portraits of workers and farmers.