Stille Seelen (2010)

	Also Known As: Ovsyanki, Silent souls
	Year of first release: 2010
	Director: Aleksey Fedorchenko
	Actors: -
	Country: RUS
	Genre: Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 23.02.2013, City46, OV
Synopsis: A man and his companion go on a journey to cremate the dead body of the former beloved wife, on a riverbank in the area where they spent their honeymoon.
Review: I went in the theater without many expectation except to watch something from a country being rare in the movie theaters and festivals. Wow! The story deals with death and remembrance and focuses on some local traditions that seem strange, but with the explanation are full of love. The graphical quality is magnificent, not only due to the landscape, but mostly to the position and configuration of the camera, the light and the composition. The dialogues, with a recurrent off, are poetic, crude, philosophical. This mix reminds me a bit the literature of Gabriel García Márquez. The movie was short (about 78 minutes) but remains a great time of cinema.
Rating: 8 /10