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Release Date:
October 14, 2020
Original Title:
Староверы: Сага
Alternate Titles:
Starovery: Saga
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 52
This is the story of a Brazilian-Uruguayan family of Old Believers who consider themselves Russian. Alexey Kilin, whose ancestors were once forced to flee from Soviet power to South America, returned to his homeland in the Amur Region and is waiting for his ex-wife Agripina and their son Demyan after 13 years of separation. The attempt at reuniting fails. Nevertheless Agripina decides not to return to Brazil, but to stay in an unfamiliar homeland, in a city with the symbolic name of Svobodny (which means ‘free’ in Russian).
Director:
Alena Baklanova
Director of Photography:
Anatoly Petrov
Valeria Ionsen
Editor:
Anastasiya Marchukova
Music:
Vyacheslav Bershadsky
Producer:
Sergey Bobza
Alexey Kucherenko
Screenplay:
Alena Baklanova
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