Sweet Smoke of the Fatherland (2012) [N/A]
Release Date:
May 17, 2012
Original Title:
Sweet Smoke of the Fatherland
Alternate Titles:
Slodka bieda w ojczyznie
Zoete rook van het vaderland
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Zeppers
Production Countries:
Lithuania | Netherlands | Russia | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
This film is a triptych with three stories, involving three characters. They live in different parts of Europe: Western Europe -Catalonia (Spain); Eastern Europe -Lithuania; and in the new Europe -Georgia (Akhazia). They have experienced, in different parts of the 20Th century, civil wars and dictatorships. They share the same fate: they stayed where they were born. This film is about people who decide to do nothing in times of war, oppression and occupation. They choose a life amidst the ruins of their past. Even when this choice leads to loneliness: living a dream, not a reality. Alone, between the graves of their loved ones, they spend their last days. They have frozen their lives by protecting themselves from the outside world.