The Bliss (0+)
Russia, 1995, colour, 52 min.
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Director: Vitaly Mansky
A lost village in Central Russia. Before there was 120 houses, now the only inhabitants left are eight old women, an old man and a young pregnant woman. All the village is dying of curiosity to find out who is the father of the child because there are no contacts with the outside world. But still everyone looks forward to the baby’s birth, especially the two sisters — the 84 year-old Maria and the 74 year-old Praskovia.
AWARDS
The prize for the best short film, the spectators’ prize, the young jury’s prize — Nion (Switzerland), 1996; The special prize for the best direction, Venspils (Latvia), 1996; The Diploma of the Internation Film Festival in Pyarnu (Estonia), 1996; The special prize of Europe, 1996; The jury prize, the media-jury prize, the prize of the Eikumen jury, Leipzig, 1996; The Golden Capstan, The Golden Gate, San-Francisco, 1997.
Vitaly Mansky
Vitaly Mansky
was born on December 2, 1963 in Lvov (Ukraine). Gratuated from VGIK (All-Russia State Institute of Cinematography). Vitaly Manski became a world-known documentary film director after Locarno 1993, where his “Lenin’s body” was awarded with PARDI DI DOMANI Section Prize.Vitaly Mansky is also the founder of the “MV STUDIO” (1993).
FILMOGRAPHY
“Dogs”, 1988; “Finish”, “Bumerang”, 1989; “Recreation Park”, “Post”, 1990; “Etudes About Love - 1”, ”Jewish Fortune”, 1991; “Lenin’s Body”, 1992; “Cuts of The Next War”, “Imperial Dreams”, “Moscow-Berlin: Way Back”, 1993; “Etudes About Love - 2”, “Rutskoy On The Eve”, 1994; “The Bliss”, 1995.
Russia, 1995, colour, 52 min.
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Director: Vitaly Mansky
A lost village in Central Russia. Before there was 120 houses, now the only inhabitants left are eight old women, an old man and a young pregnant woman. All the village is dying of curiosity to find out who is the father of the child because there are no contacts with the outside world. But still everyone looks forward to the baby’s birth, especially the two sisters — the 84 year-old Maria and the 74 year-old Praskovia.
AWARDS
The prize for the best short film, the spectators’ prize, the young jury’s prize — Nion (Switzerland), 1996; The special prize for the best direction, Venspils (Latvia), 1996; The Diploma of the Internation Film Festival in Pyarnu (Estonia), 1996; The special prize of Europe, 1996; The jury prize, the media-jury prize, the prize of the Eikumen jury, Leipzig, 1996; The Golden Capstan, The Golden Gate, San-Francisco, 1997.