The film, set in a north-western industrial town in Russia, reveals the mechanism that entices human beings to voluntarily become a resource to the state. Can a person ever be free in an imperialist society, where intricate and obscure structures take control of their mind-set from an early age? The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle. The director’s subtle but demanding look reveals “the system” at work in the most benign-looking situations, in all aspects of the everyday. What happens to people’s free will and self-determination in such conditions? The film is a Nietzschean treat, asking the core existential question: is a human being ever born free?
Crystal Globe – the Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
VESILIND
Riho Västrik
Ksenia Okhapkina
Ksenia Okhapkina
Kersti Uibo
Pauls Bankovskis
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Artem Ignatov
Ksenia Okhapkina
Robert Jürjendal
Arian Levin
Stijn Deconinck
Ksenia Okhapkina
Uldis Cekulis