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Mémoire / Memory
- Vladlena Sandu
- France
- 2025
- 98 min
- Russian
- English
Après le divorce de ses parents, Vladlena, âgée de six ans, quitte la Crimée pour Grozny, sans encore se douter des changements qui l’attendent.
Lorsque la guerre éclate en Tchétchénie, sa ville et sa famille en sont profondément bouleversées. Des années plus tard, la réalisatrice Vladlena Sandu revient sur son enfance dans ce film hybride, à la fois poétique et autobiographique, qui explore la manière dont les cycles de violence façonnent les enfants – et comment la guérison et le changement sont possibles.
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After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny, not yet aware of the changes that lie ahead. When war breaks out in Chechnya, it deeply affects her city and family. Years later, filmmaker Vladlena Sandu reflects on her childhood in this poetic, autobiographical hybrid film, exploring how cycles of violence shape children—and how healing and change are possible.
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After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny, not yet aware of the changes that lie ahead. When war breaks out in Chechnya, it deeply affects her city and family. Years later, filmmaker Vladlena Sandu reflects on her childhood in this poetic, autobiographical hybrid film, exploring how cycles of violence shape children—and how healing and change are possible.
Film crew
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Director:Vladlena Sandu
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Screenwriter:Vladlena Sandu
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Cinematographer:Liza Popova
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Producer:Yanna Buryak, Ludovic Henry, Raymond Van Der Kaaij, Kirsi Saivosalmi
Information
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Theme:Children, Emigration, Philosophy, War
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Film studio:MIMESIS, Limitless, Revolver Amsterdam
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Language:Russian
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Subtitles:English
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