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A Simple Elegy (1990)

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The sixth part of the group of Elegy, this documentary consists of five long plane-sequences to convey a picture of Lithuania during the period of economic blockade imposed by Russia. Filmed in the streets of Vilna and in the halls of the parliament, the heavy silence that pervades A Simple Elegy is broken only by the astonishing chords issuing from the piano of President Vitautas Landsbergis locked in his offices, immersed in deep meditation, playing the “Nocturns” by Ciurlionis, a famous Russian composer. The shouts from the mob, a second character in the film, that Sokúrov introduces as interacting with the President, resound from the outside. “Landsbergis was given a classical education and became an erudite man, a historian of culture and music. Perhaps every nation should have, at its head, a statesman with these characteristics”, says Sokúrov.

Título original: Prostaya Elegia

Ano: 1990

Duração: 20 minutos

País: Russia

Cor: Preto e branco

Direção: ALEKSANDER SOKUROV

Roteiro: ALEKSANDR SOKÚROV

Montagem: RAISSA LISSOVA

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