Oriental Elegy

Oriental Elegy

1996
45m
6.1

6.1/10

15 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A surreal journey of a displaced spirit as he wanders in the interminable darkness through the temporal landscape of a quaint and isolated feudal-era fishing village. Guided by a series of faintly illuminated rooms, the wandering spirit comes upon ancient souls who take on physical forms as they recount their personal stories of daily existence, loss, and tragedy in the peasant community. Intrigued by his initial visit to a curiously distracted elderly woman, the spirit returns to her home in order to ask a fundamental question - "What is happiness?" - an existential query that is innocently answered with innate humility and accepted unknowingness.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
NHK Severny Fond Lenfilm
Production Countries
Japan Russia
Spoken Languages
Russian Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title Восточная элегия
Release Date April 26, 1996
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0122467

Cast

Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Key Crew

Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director