MWFF 2011: Budarash

Montreal World Film Festival

Director : Kirill Modylevskiy
Script : Kirill Modylevskiy
Photography : Kirill Gerra 
Cast : Dmitriy Antimonov, Olga Kuzina

Russia, 27 min.

Official Film Synopses:

Budarash

“The state of relationships in the contemporary world. Especially about those of us who cannot remember the faces of their companions after fifteen minutes of conversation.”

However, this short Russian film is about much more than that. It raises the issue of how poetry can affect a person’s life, how one can get introduced to poetry in most unlikely places - when hailling a taxi, or how does one earn a living when aspiring to artistic creation?

What is also shown is the ease with which violence is triggered in the modern Russian society, juxtaposed to the melody of poetic recital.

The questions arise as to the place of poetry and artistic creation in our society and the value attached to it. Is it treasured? Should it be promoted? Should people be brought to experience it more in their everyday life?

Here is the film's trailer:

BUDARASH -  БУДАРАШ

Image at the top of the article courtesy of MWFF.