In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. As daily life goes on, those in search are drawn into a world where encounters with diviners and legal advisors, with the torturers and the tortured, with secret prisons and mythical lakes all become commonplace.
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Mantas Kvedaravičius Director
First release January 25, 2011 · Produced in Finland, Lithuania · Languages Chechen, Russian
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Sputnik
Production
Extimacy Films
Production
Finland · Lithuania
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Chechen · Russian
Release dates
Finland · January 25, 2011
Helsinki DocPoint Documentary Festival
Lithuania · January 25, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
September 11, 2011 · Milano Film Festival
Poland
May 7, 2011 · Planete Doc Review
South Korea
October 7, 2011 · Pusan International Film Festival
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