Marina RAZBEZHKINA Марина РАЗБЕЖКИНА Marina RAZBEJKINA   Russia, 2004, 67 mn  Colour, fiction

Harvest Time ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Время жатвы    Le Temps de la moisson  Vremya zhatvy

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Plot synopsis

Set on a Russian collective farm circa 1950, this elegiac essay shows how the "Red Flag" awarded to top combine operator Tosya essentially destroys her life and that of her family. The velvet banner, at first a source of pride, soon becomes the bane of Tosya's existence. It falls victim to a mouse infestation and requires constant repairs. She feels that she must keep winning it so no one can see the damage.
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Commentaries and bibliography

Marina Razbezhkina, Harvest Time [Vremia zhatvy] (2004), Yelena STISHOVA, kinokultura.com, 2004

 

Review by Elena Stishova on www.kinokultura.com.

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2010

- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2005

- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto (Canada), 2004

- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2004

- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2004

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2004

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2004

- Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics, Moscow (Russia), 2004

- Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Vyborg (Russia), 2004

- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2004

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