Inhabitants
7.4
Inhabitants depicts animals in panic: the film is mostly filled with shots of mass migrations and stampedes (some, surprisingly, filmed from a helicopter). The title equalizes the species of the earth. Artavazd Peleshian merely alludes to the presence of human beings—a few silhouettes that seem to be the cause of these vast, anxious movements of animal fear. In many ways, this film is an ode to the animal world that moves toward formal abstraction, with clouds of silver birds pulverizing light. Peleshian said, "It’s hard to give a verbal synopsis of these films. Such films exist only on the screen, you have to see them."
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Artavazd Peleshian Director
First release January 1, 1970 · Produced in Russia, Belarus · Production Belarusfilm
Production
Minsk Film Studio
Production
Belarusfilm
Production
Russia · Belarus
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Original title
Обитатели
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1970
Premiere · USSR Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Belarus
January 4, 1970 · Theatrical
France
September 12, 2014 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
May 15, 2026 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival (2K Restoration)
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