Salamanca (2015) [N/A]
Directed by:
Ruslan Fedotov, Sasha Kulak
Release Date:
November 20, 2015
Original Title:
Саламанка
Alternate Titles:
Salamanka
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Stereotactic
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 41
For generations, the Salamanca community of Mennonites has been living in the same modest and rigidly organized way. Modern-day scenes are accompanied by a voice-over narrating a man’s recollections of his youth. “As soon as I close my eyes,” he explains, “I go back to the past, to the moment when I made the choice that shaped my entire life.” Speaking in the Plautdietsch language, he talks calmly of the strong curiosity he felt as a young boy about the world beyond Salamanca and the Mennonite faith – a curiosity for which he paid dearly.
Private story here is only a part of family history, and one man's destiny tells us about any other one.While the hero of the film recalls his childhood in search of the right answer to the most important question of all his life, days, months, and years slowly go by in Salamanca.
