The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004)

Original title

Melancholian 3 huonetta

Directed by

Pirjo Honkasalo

Genre

documentary film, war film

Country

Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

K-12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how war has affected children in Chechnya and Russia. It follows their daily lives and the damage caused by the conflict.

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What happens

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Finnish: Melancholian 3 huonetta) is a 2004 Finnish documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Pirjo Honkasalo. The film documents the devastation and ruin brought on by the Second Chechen War, more specifically the toll that the war had taken on the children of Chechnya and Russia. The film received positive reviews from critics and won numerous awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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