La Colonie

Titre original : Poselenie
Titre anglais : The Settlement
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    Réalisé par Sergueï Loznitsa • Écrit par Sergueï Loznitsa
    Russie • 2001 • 77 minutes • 35 mm • Noir & Blanc
Résumé

Des silhouettes marchent en file indienne sur le sentier qui traverse la forêt. Ils arrivent à la première maison de bois du village. Une charrette de foin attend devant le perron qu’on la décharge. On comprend que les hommes de la colonie viennent travailler au village. Ils donnent un coup de main au ménage, pour battre les tapis, balayer la cour, fendre le bois de chauffage.

The outline of a village community emerges from the haze. Soon we are aware that they are involved in various activities. Gradually we realise that the villagers are actually patients from an institute for mentally disturbed people and that the rhythm and image of the film have been adapted to their ability to perceive their own existence and the surrounding world. The film is dominated by the voices of nature as well as by the hum and stir accompanying their work. This includes harvesting fields, working at a local sawmill or at the property maintenance. We see them in the cafeteria, resting and waiting for their treatment. Calm and contentment reign.

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