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Oriental Elegy
Oriental Elegy
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ORIENTAL ELEGY

Восточная элегия

Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
Japan, Russia, 1996
Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

Visually impressionistic, atmospherically dense, and narratively opaque, Oriental Elegy is the surreal journey of a displaced spirit (Aleksandr Sokurov) as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village.

Synopsis

Visually impressionistic, atmospherically dense, and narratively opaque, Oriental Elegy is the surreal journey of a displaced spirit (Aleksandr Sokurov) as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village.