A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Chermen Abissalovich, Zarina Bataeva, Robert Bitaev
Written by:
Yevgeny Petrov-Kazhevsky
Akim Salbiyev
Directed by:
Akim Salbiyev
Release Date:
August 26, 2007
Original Title:
Одиннадцать писем к Богу
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 103
... Late fall, a new teacher Bilar Bolatovich and a new boarding school pupil Alan come to a boarding school located high in the mountains of Ossetia. With their arrival, the usual course of life is disrupted. The boarding school is preparing for the anniversary, but it turns out that local authorities want to tear it down. The director of the boarding school, by hook or by crook, fights against heartless power. This film is about life in a mountain forgotten by God, about fears, pain, confusion of its inhabitants, hoping only that letters will reach God that are written by a half-blind pupil of the boarding school.
Camera Operator:
Mikhail Nemisskiy
Director:
Akim Salbiev
Music:
Arkady Tsorionti
Producer:
Akim Salbiev
Chermen Khadikov
Writer:
Akim Salbiev
Dmitry Kurilov
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