Svetlana STASENKO
Светлана СТАСЕНКО
Svetlana STASSENKO
Russia, 2019, 30mn 
Colour, documentary
Spitak. Thirty years of solitude
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Спитак. Тридцать лет одиночества

 

 Spitak. Trente ans de solitude

 Spitak. Tridtsat let odinochestva

 
Directed by : Svetlana STASENKO (Светлана СТАСЕНКО)
Writing credits : Svetlana STASENKO (Светлана СТАСЕНКО)
Cinematography : Irina URALSKAYA (Ирина УРАЛЬСКАЯ)
Production design : Irina URALSKAYA (Ирина УРАЛЬСКАЯ)
Music : Arnold GISKIN (Арнольд ГИСКИН)
Sound : Sorin APOSTOL (Сорин АПОСТОЛ)
Produced by : Lisa ANTONOVA (Лиза АНТОНОВА), Svetlana STASENKO (Светлана СТАСЕНКО)
 
Language russe

Plot synopsis
Spitak (Armenia). Thirty years ago, this city was hit by a terrible earthquake. Some ten thousand people died, while the survivors remained frozen in time forever. Father and son Manukyan live across from the large cemetery. They feel as if an unknown force is preventing them from escaping from despair and poverty.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Baikal International Film Festival: People and Environment, Irkutsk (Russia), 2021
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2020