Archive of films My God / Boža moj
Belarus
2004, 20 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2005
Seventy-seven-year-old Julite Karmaza lives with her taciturn son on the Belarus-Lithuanian border. She runs a small farm and goes to church on Sundays. However, her greatest pleasure is in creating sculptures for tombstones and wayside shrines out of her own, handmade cement.
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).
Contacts
Belarusfilm Studios
Skorina Ave 98, 220 023, Minsk
Belarus
Tel: +375 172 638 044
Fax: +375 172 640 751
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, 35 mm
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Galina Adamovich |
Screenplay: | Galina Adamovič/Galina Adamovich |
Dir. of Photography: | Tatiana Loginova |
Music: | Ivan Kirčuk/Ivan Kirchuk |
Editor: | Jurij Bytko/Yuryi Bytko |
Producer: | Vjačeslav Šenko/Vyacheslav Shenko |
Production: | Belarusfilm Studios |
Contact: | Belarusfilm Studios |
Guests
Galina Adamovich
Film Director