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Octobre blanc (2017)

Octobre blanc poster
Original title
Octobre blanc: Sylvain Tesson sur les sommets de la révolution
Directed by
Christophe Raylat
Genre
documentary film, non-fiction film
Country
France
Runtime
52 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French writer and his companion travel through remote parts of the former Soviet Union searching for mountain peaks and place names linked to the October Revolution. The film documents their journey during the centenary of that event and reflects on the lingering Soviet influence on these landscapes.

travelogueobservationalreflectiveremoteslow-pacednostalgicunderstatedgeopolitical

What happens

Octobre blanc, sous-titré Sylvain Tesson sur les sommets de la révolution, est un documentaire français de 2017 réalisé par Christophe Raylat. Ce témoignage de voyage relate l'expédition menée par Sylvain Tesson, à laquelle Cédric Gras s'associe, aux confins de l'ex-URSS à la recherche des sommets et autres oronymes encore marqués par l'empreinte soviétique à l'occasion du centenaire de la révolution d'Octobre. Le film reçoit le « Grand Prix du Jury Curieux Voyageurs » de l'édition 2018 du festival de cinéma stéphanois Curieux Voyageur. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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