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Common Language
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Common Language

Oct 19, 2020
0h 13m
★ 0.0

Overview

The director, who has always been viewed as the black sheep in her family, sets out to the Belarusian town of Vitebsk to talk with her parents about previous grievances and topics that were considered taboo. The effort to find a common language, which runs into stormy emotions and the inability to voice honest opinions, is captured through both personal moments and detailed shots of the protagonists’ faces.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Baltic Film and Media School

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Cast

Volya Chaykovskaya

Self

Volya Chaykovskaya

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