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Real Talk
Real Talk
How I Spent Victory Day on Chechen Island
- Vladimir Sevrinovsky
- Germany
- 2024
- 36 min
- Russian
- English
In Soviet times, Chechen Island was a prosperous fishing collective farm — a “millionaire kolkhoz,” as locals recall. “There was everything here”: a ferry operated regularly, planes landed, and around 1,000 people lived on the island year-round. Today, fewer than 50 remain. The island did not survive the 1990s, and for the past 30 years it has been slowly falling apart.
Ruins of a House of Culture resembling an ancient temple with columns, a post-apocalyptic landscape, and time seemingly frozen in the late 1980s. In this state of suspension — without internet, electricity, or a connection to the mainland — people still live here. Almost all of them consider themselves patriots.
Filmmaker Vladimir Sevrinovsky spent the long May 9th weekend on the island. This film is the result.
Showtimes
Riga
POWER-UP SPACE (Merkela str 21)
March 5
13:00
Film crew
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Director:Vladimir Sevrinovsky
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Screenwriter:Vasilisa Varvarina
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Cinematographer:Vladimir Sevrinovsky
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Producer:Vasilisa Varvarina
Information
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Theme:Lifestyle
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Film studio:ROMB production
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Language:Russian
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Subtitles:English
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