Director:
Alyona Semenova
Alexander Smirnov
Run Time: 98 minutes
Country: RUSSIA
Year: 2010
Alyona Semenova
Alexander Smirnov
Run Time: 98 minutes
Country: RUSSIA
Year: 2010
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The Rowan Waltz (Ryabinoviy vals)
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As World War II wanes, the Soviet government sends envoys to villages in northern Russia. Their mission is to teach teenage girls to defuse German bombs still embedded in the earth. Meanwhile, the rowan trees are in bloom; they blossom only briefly, yet their wood is resilient. And though so different in temperament, the two young girls in one village are also ripe for love. Marusya is a beauty who can sing and play the guitar, but is hopeless at chores. Polina is a young mother whose husband hasn’t returned from battle. Her addled sister sits in her own twilight world, making rag dolls. Polina’s great fear is that her son might wander onto the minefield and be killed. Until recently, this field was prime land on which the village grew its wheat for bread. Now loaded with explosives, it has taken on an alien character. The high-spirited girl recruits are typically silly at first; they vie for the attention of the handsome soldiers charged with teaching them and refuse to take their role as bomb detectors seriously. Inevitably, though, accidents begin to happen and they realize that their future looks grimly earnest. (In Russian with subtitles) –B.B.
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| Sidebars | Central and Eastern European Film Competition, Women Of The World |
| Producer | Vladimir Esinov |
| Screenplay | Tatiana Miroshnik, Mariya Mozhar, Alyona Semenova |
| Cinematography | Alexander Smirnov |
| Editing | Maxim Smirnov |
| Principal Cast | Karina Andolenko, Leonid Bichevin, Valeriya Lanskaya |
| Director Bio | Alyona Semenova graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre studio school. She acts in TV films and is a director at the Moscow Academic Theatre. Alexander Smirnov entered the State Institute for Cinematography after a successful career in photography. He has also made commercials. |
| Select Filmography | THE ROWAN WALTZ (2010) |
| Print Source |
Film Programme XXI Century natalia.arshavskaya@yahoo.com |
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