Yelena ZHIGAYEVA
Елена ЖИГАЕВА
Elena JIGAEVA
Russia, 2020, 54mn 
documentary
Karavadzho
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Караваджо

 

 Caravaggio

 Caravaggio

 
Directed by : Yelena ZHIGAYEVA (Елена ЖИГАЕВА)
 

Plot synopsis
The very old city of Soligalich has remained as if frozen in space and time... The city is an open-air museum with magnificent religious architecture. The city still has no gas heating and the streets smell of clean snow and smoke from stoves. In the shoemaker's workshop, which is located on the site of a former church, women make valenki* by hand. They work hard and a lot, have children and raise them! And each has a destiny... Unique Russian women, brushes worthy of the best painters, guardians of old crafts, ancient traditions. The foundation of our country, its essence and salt. *Valenki: traditional knee-high felt boots worn by common people
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2021