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Uncle Sasha, or One Flew Over Russia

2018 · 58 min

A quiet, patient portrait of stubborn solitude, watching one man rebuild the same futile thing against indifferent seasons.

Directed by: Tatyana Soboleva
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Uncle Sasha lives on an island in a “dead” village, surrounded by water. He dreams of the restoration of the monarchy and reviving the true wisdom of the Russian way of life, forgotten and trampled by modernisation and European influence. Every spring he builds a bridge, and every winter it is destroyed by ice. Uncle Sasha is now building his thirteenth bridge.

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Directed by: Tatyana Soboleva
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
identity
trauma
faith
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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