About This Film
Festival Year: 1987
Film Type: Feature
Animated: No
Filmed In: USSR
English Subtitles: No
Production Year: 1984
Captions: None
Film Overview
Original Title: Golubye Gory
English Title: Blue Mountains
A political satire cleverly revealed through three episodes, BLUE MOUNTAINS takes a comic look at the ironies of the bureaucratic system. Seeking the publication of a new manuscript, a young writer finds himself surrounded by publishing house employees more concerned with playing chess, chatting and studying French than they are in fulfilling their daily responsibilities. As untouched manuscripts and lost correspondence remain neglected for years, so too does the eroding condition of their building, intimating disaster. A thought-provoking film, BLUE MOUNTAINS is a keen and cynical view of the “well-oiled machine.”
