Director : Emmanuel CarrèreFeature filmGenres : Documentary Subgenres : Drama Themes : Society, Friendship Production language : French, Russian Nationality : 100% French French release : 2/25/04 Runtime : 1h 45mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Roissy Films, Les Films des TournellesFrench distribution : DiaphanaFilm export/Foreign Sales : Roissy Films Synopsis Kotelnitch is a small village 800 kilometers east of Moscow. The filmmaker initially went there in search of a Hungarian WW II prisoner who spent 55 years, forgotten by everyone, in a psychiatric hospital. He returns to the village to make a documentary. His second and last visit is to bury a young woman he'd met there and who was killed by a madman. He realizes that these three film shoots, spread over two years, were telling a story - the story of his family. Festival selections Awards | 
