Absent
5.9
For over a hundred years, Mărculești was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-three years later, few speak honestly or completely about what happened. ABSENT is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculești, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history. Filmed entirely on location, the film documents one of Europe's poorest, most remote, and least-visited places.
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Matthew Mishory Director · Marco Cohen Writer
First release October 5, 2015 · Produced in Switzerland, United States, Romania · Languages English, Romanian, Russian
Production
Willona Prod
Production
Iconoclastic Features
Production
Western Transylvania Studios
Production
Switzerland · United States · Romania
Produced in
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Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
English · Romanian · Russian
Release dates
Romania · October 5, 2015
Premiere · Astra Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Spain
November 10, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo
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