The Land of OblivionDirected by Michale Boganim
Produced by Les Films du Poisson
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 48 min
French release : 28/03/2012
Production year : 2011
DirectorActorsSynopsisApril 26th, 1986. On that day, Anya and Piotr celebrate their marriage. Little Valery and his father Alexei, a physicist at the power station in Chernobyl, plant an apple tree. Nikolai, the forest warden, makes his rounds in the surrounding forests.
Then, an accident occurs at the power station.
Insidiously, the radioactivity transforms nature. The rain is yellow, the trees turn red. Piotr, a volunteer fireman, leaves to extinguish the flames. He never returns. A few days later, the population is evacuated. Alexei, forced to keep silent by the authorities, prefers to disappear.
Ten years later, the deserted Pripyat has become a no man’s land and a bizarre tourist attraction. Anya comes to the Zone every month as a tour guide, while Valery goes there to look for traces of his father. And Nikolai continues to cultivate a poisonous garden.
With the passing of time, will they be able to accept the hope of a new life? Videos Production photos (8)
Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Les Films du Poisson
Associate producer : Backup Films
Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
Foreign production company : Apple Film Production, Vandertastic
Film export/Foreign Sales : Le Pacte
French distribution : Le Pacte
Full creditsExecutive Producers : Laetitia Gonzalez, Yaël Fogiel
Assistant Directors : Nicolas Lévy-Beff, Inès de la Bévière
Producer : Yaël Fogiel
Line Producer : Nathalie Vallet
Screenwriters : Michale Boganim, Anne Weil, Antoine Lacomblez
Directors of Photography : Yorgos Arvanitis, Antoine Héberlé
Sound Recordists : Frédéric de Ravignan, François Waledisch
Press Attaché (film) : Marie Queysanne
Editors : Anne Weil, Thierry Derocles, Hervé de Luze
Sound Editor : Josefina Rodriguez
Production Designer : Bruno Margery
Music Composer : Leszek Mozdzer
Casting : Marion Touitou
Sound Mixer : Anne Le Campion
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Accidents, Environment
Production language : Russian, Ukrainian, French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany, Poland)
Production year : 2011
French release : 28/03/2012
Runtime : 1 h 48 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 121.353
Visa issue date : 28/03/2012
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SRD
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