Astrakan 79
1979.Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society.His radical communist parents send him to study at Astrakan for one year.In her new film, Catarina Mourão captures with tremendous precision the moment a middle-aged man passes his story on to his son, thus shedding the taboo of his ineffable experience.
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1979. Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society. His radical communist parents send him to study at Astrakan for one year. In her new film, Catarina Mourão captures with tremendous precision the moment a middle-aged man passes his story on to his son, thus shedding the taboo of his ineffable experience.
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- Release date
- Sep 20, 2024
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
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- Language
- Portuguese, Russian
- Country
- Portugal
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