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How Big Is the Galaxy? (2018)
Directed by Ksenia Elyan
Documentary · 1h 12m
The Zharkov family-father, mother and two young sons-belong to the Dolgan community, one of the last indigenous peoples pursuing their traditional nomadic life in the extreme north of Siberia. The children used to be sent to boarding school, where they became estranged from their family and culture, but nowadays they can get homeschooling from teachers assigned to them by the Russian authorities. Seven-year-old Zakhar and his older brother Prokopy are the protagonists in this calm, observational film. Zakhar's first year of schooling is with Nelly, a young but serious teacher. She tells him about President Putin and the importance of mathematics, and he learns classical poems by heart.
Crew
- Director
- Ksenia Elyan
- Director of Photography
- Ksenia Elyan
- Original Music Composer
- Lusya Kazaryan
- Editor
- Tomáš Doruška, Evgeniya Ostanina, Ksenia Elyan
- Producer
- Max Tuula, Alexandr Rastorguev, Maria Gavrilova
Details
- Original title
- Хозяин оленей
- Release date
- 2018-11-17
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia, Estonia
- Production
- Current Time TV, Marx Film