My God

Colour, 35 mm
Belarus, 2004, 20 min
WP – World premiere
Section: Documentary Films in Competition

Synopsis

Julite Karmaza, a fine-looking woman, lives with her taciturn bachelor son near the village of Peligrynda on the Belarus-Lithuanian border. She is on the go from morning to night, also producing cement for her wonderful sculptures. She created them for her husband’s grave, and now has some ready for herself and her son. Her Virgin Marys and Calvaries decorate wayside shrines all over the local area. Her sincere piety explains her humility and the patience with which she acknowledges her hard and lonely fate.

About the director

Galina Adamovich graduated from the Belarus Academy of Art in Minsk (1994). While with Belarusfilm Studios she shot the following documentaries: Rubbish (Turusy na kolyosakh, 1992), Love Me When I’m Black (Polyubi menya chornenkim, 1993), Of Concern to Women (Zhenskii vopros, 1995), Arlen’s Faust. Music, Help! (Faust Arlena. Muzyka, pomogi!, 1996), For the Town and World (Gorodu i miru, 1997), Holiday for an Orphan (Kanikuly dlya siroty, 1998), Once Upon a Time (2001) Genius loci (Genij mesta, 2002).