Anatoli DOBRYAKOV
Анатолий ДОБРЯКОВ
Anatoli DOBRIAKOV
Russia, 2014, 23mn 
Colour, documentary
Dreams from the Other Side
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Сны с того берега

 

 Rêves de l'autre rive

 Sny s togo berega

 
Directed by : Anatoli DOBRYAKOV (Анатолий ДОБРЯКОВ)
 
Language Russe

Plot synopsis
The cult of ancestors is one of the most popular among Udmurts. After parents' death each Udmurt should make a special thanksgiving sacrifice. This ceremony is called - “«Yir-pyd syoton» (literally A sacrifice of head and legs”). The film shows this ceremony with its funeral food and songs, when people tell their own and others' dreams and how they commemorate their dead and imagine that Other Side.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2014