Bread Day
Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy • 1998 • Russia
Once a week, a passing train delivers bread to the isolated population of Township No. 3, a dilapidated hamlet outside of St Petersburg. And every week, the ailing pensioners who now populate this abandoned labour commune push the decoupled carriage with its precious cargo by hand back to their homes to share out the meagre supplies. Acclaimed Kazakh filmmaker Sergei Dvortsevoy (Tulpan, Ayka) captures this painstaking process in unflinching long takes, producing a minimalist portrait of post-Soviet hardship that doubles as a kind of existential parable.
BREAD DAY • ХЛЕБНЫЙ ДЕНЬ
Written and directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy
Cinematography by Alisher Khamidhodjaev
In Russian with English subtitles
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Extras
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Interview with Sergei Dvortsevoy
Kazakh filmmaker Sergei Dvortsevoy talks to Klassiki Editorial Director Sam Goff about his unique approach to documentary cinema, his unusual route to a filmmaking career, and how he looks for the universal in the remarkable particularities of his subjects.
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Mark Cousins introduces his Klassiki Picks
Klassiki Picks is our new series of curated watchlists personally selected for our subscribers by celebrated filmmakers, writers, and actors. We’re delighted to welcome filmmaker Mark Cousins to the hot seat for the inaugural edition. Mark is one of the UK’s most celebrated directors, a prolific ...
