Underplayed Gems

Ksenia Peterburgskaya (2017)

Ksenia Peterburgskaya poster
Directed by
Sybilla Tuxen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young Russian woman tells her friend the story of a Russian saint who went mad after losing her beloved. Other young women share their own intense and strange experiences tied to fate, grief, or strange joy.

reflectiveintimatemelancholictendervisually stylizedmeditativeemotionalstory-driven

What happens

Ksenia Peterburgskaya er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2017 instrueret af Sybilla Tuxen. En ung, russisk kvinde fortæller sin veninde historien om den russiske helgen Ksenia Peterburgskaya. Ksenia mistede sin elskede, da hun var meget ung, og blev vanvittig af sorg. I filmens farvede rum møder man andre unge kvinder, der på hver sin måde er berørt af deres skæbne. Deres liv er voldsomme eller fantastiske, fyldt af lys og mørke, sorg eller sælsom lykke. På russisk findes der et ord, avos’, der beskriver mennesker, som giver sig hen til deres skæbne. Man kan synes de er godtroende, man kan også sige at de tror på det gode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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