Zone of Alienation

Polosa otcužděnija

Colour, 35 mm
Russia, 2002, 30 min
Section: East of the West

Director: Svetlana Mouzychenko Zonova
Screenplay: Světlana Muzičenko Zonovová / Svetlana Mouzychenko Zonova
Dir. of Photography: Ruslan Gerasimenkov
Editor: Mila Najděnovová / Mila Naidenova
Producer: Natalija Želtuchinová / Natalia Zheltukhina
Production: Risk Film Studio
Sales: Risk Film Studio
Contact: Risk Film Studio

Synopsis

The personnel working the restaurant car of a long-distance fast train create an unusual community. The train is a substitute home for these mostly lonely people, their clients are a substitute family. They open up about their lives and declare their unconventional life philosophies. They and the various passengers who come and go make up a model of contemporary Russia.

About the director

Svyetlana Muzychenko Zonova, who hails from Chabarovsk, graduated from the Theatre School in Novosibirsk and in 1998 from Moscow’s VGIK film school. She is currently working for the Risk documentary film studio in Moscow. Filmography: Transformation Scene (1994), Sleepless Night (1996), Beauty, Goodness, Endearment (1999), Salt (2001). 

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