08 August 2007 | Sala de proiectii a Studioului de film ASTRA |

Un lider de opinie

...de Astra Film Fest

In fiecare zi, Cinemateca ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 deschide cate o fereastra spre lume si spre oameni. Cele mai interesante filme documentare din ultimele doua decenii; filme de non-fictiune care au castigat premii la festivaluri internationale celebre; filme selectionate si premiate la ASTRA FILM

-festivalul de la Sibiu care a cucerit aprecierea si admiratia iubitorilor de film de calitate din toata lumea -pot fi vizionate pe tot parcursul anului Capitalei Culturale Europene la ASTRA FILM.

Each day the ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 Cinematheque opens a window towards the realities of the world and the every-day life of the people. The best documentary films of the past two decades, non-fiction films praised at famous festivals, award-winning documentaries of the previous ASTRA FILM Festivals are screened on each day of the Cultural Capital of Europe at ASTRA FILM.

Filmul abordeaza cu subtilitate problema cetatenilor rusi, rezidenti in afara granitelor actuale ale Federatiei Ruse, in fostele republici sovietice. Esja Sur e rusoaica si traieste in Estonia. Pensionara de 68 de ani nu stie ce e plictiseala. Esja e facuta pentru rolul de agitator al multimilor si gaseste o multitudine de probleme carora le dedica toata energia. Pe fundalul realitatilor estoniene, o urmarim luptand pentru tot felul de cauze. infiinteaza diverse grupuri si asociatii, pune la cale proteste, organizeaza mitinguri si demonstratii. Mai toate manifestatiile ei sunt doar o palida amintire a grandioaselor nu mana tara parade sovietice din trecut si reusesc sa atraga decat o de oameni. Acest fapt nu pare sa o deranjeze. Autorul abordeaza cu realism combinat cu o usoara ironie un personaj iesit din comun, surprinzand totodata situatii absurde ale tranzitiei intr-o ex-sovietica.

The film touches in a very subtile way the issue of Russian citizens living in former Soviet Union

countries outside the present Russian Federation borders. To 68 year-old Esja Sur, a Russian citizen

residing in Estonia, retirement is anything but boring. She is a natural born agitator who finds plenty of issues to fight for. On the background of today’s Estonian reality, the filmmaker chronicles the efforts of this woman. Putting together different groups and associations, she is also seen organizing protests, meetings and demonstrations. The fact that most of her events are mere mockeries of the grandiose Soviet parades of the past, with barely more than a dozen people attending, does not seem to discourage her. The filmmaker achieves a slightly ironic, yet honest, approach to an extraordinary character. With that same view, he depicts the colorful people and absurd situations of the transition period in an ex-Soviet country.

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