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Alexei and the Spring (2002)
Directed by Seiichi Motohashi
Documentary · 1h 44m
180 kilometers down wind of Chernobyl, the village of Budische was evacuated except for 55 older residents who refused to leave and one young man, Alexei who wanted to stay with his parents. This is a simple story of life in Budische 14 years later, as told in voiceover by Alexei. The Belarus village is built around a common spring from which everyone draws water, toting it back to their homes, and to which the women walk to do their laundry outside.
Crew
- Director
- Seiichi Motohashi
- Director of Photography
- Masafumi Ichinose
- Original Music Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
Details
- Original title
- アレクセイと泉
- Release date
- 2002-01-20
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Pole Pole Times