Mariya MAZHAR Мария МАЖАР Maria MAJAR   Russia, 2007, 78 mn  Colour, fiction

Ennemies ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Враги    Les Ennemis  Vragi

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Plot synopsis

War drama.
The summer of 1942. The war has moved away, far off to the east. The life of the small town where the German authorities for the region have set themselves up, is getting back to «normal». The Germans are studying Russian, trying to flirt with the local girls. The women wash the clothes for the Germans and feed them, and some begin relations with their lodgers. They have to carry on somehow… The teenage son of the central character tries to run away to the partisans, blowing up a German train in order that they take him. The boy is caught. The Germans have to execute him in order «to teach the others a lesson». That’s the order, it can’t be disobeyed. The Germans understand that executing the boy will bring an end to their peaceful lives. The local commandant understands this particularly well, as he is already involved in a close relationship with the boy’s mother. But he can’t ignore an order from his commanders either…

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2017

- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2008

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2008

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007

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