Anastasia LAPSUI
Анастасия ЛАПСУИ
Anastassia LAPSOUI
Markku LEHMUSKALLIO
Маркку ЛЕХМУСКАЛЛИО
Markku LEHMUSKALLIO
Finland, 1997, 60mn 
documentary
Anna
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Анна

 

 Anna

 Anna

 
Directed by : Anastasia LAPSUI (Анастасия ЛАПСУИ), Markku LEHMUSKALLIO (Маркку ЛЕХМУСКАЛЛИО)
Companies : Jörn Doner Production
 

Plot synopsis
A documentary on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia.
Taymyr, north of the Arctic Circle: while still a student at boarding school, Anna Momde, a young Nganasan woman, was featured in a 1954 documentary film portrait treating cultural assimilation to the ideals of the USSR. The indoctrination proved effective: Anna would go on to become an official of the Communist Party. 30 years later, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, she looks back on her time as part of the system, as well as at the gradual extinction of her own culture. Together with Anna, Lehmuskallio and Lapsui rewatch the original film, accompanying her on a journey into the realm of memory.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2025