A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Dusan Bundalo, Igor Bundalo, Jepsy Clar
Written by:
Tea Lukac
Directed by:
Tea Lukac
Release Date:
August 22, 2021
Original Title:
Корени
Alternate Titles:
Koreni
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Nana 143
Set Sail Films
Production Countries:
Serbia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
A silent landscape flashes past the windows of a moving car conveying different sets of passengers. The conversations veer towards such diverse themes as carol-singing, nuclear waste, and the dangers of hornets’ nests. Tea Lukač’s anthropological probe gets by with a minimum of cinematic devices in order to deliver a focused study of the phenomena of memory, history and tradition.
Sitting in the back of a moving car, different passengers go on the road on the edge of a vast forest. They carry tales about hornet's nests, petitions against nuclear waste, loneliness, carnival treats, folklore traditions, cemetery visits and roads leading home. The forest, serene in the sun, mysterious in the fog and wild on the river, frames the seven stories as they pass by. Containing elements of documentary, ethnography and fiction, Roots is a strangely wondrous and often exhilarating film.
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