28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Green Serpent – Of Vodka, Men and Distilled Dreams
director: Benny Jaberg
original title: The Green Serpent – Of Vodka, Men and Distilled Dreams
country: Russia, Switzerland
year: 2013
running time: 21 min.
synopsis
Vodka as the source of the Russian nation’s transcendental inspiration. A green serpent whose bite pulls us into landscapes of dusk, introspectively told by a poet, actor, theatre director and scientist, against a backdrop of images from the Russian winter. The fifth element of the world reveals its potential in an ode to passion.
Darkness. And in it, blossoming streetlights. Tire tracks in the snow in which shiver dried flowers. On the ground beneath them, the flashes of small stars. “Vodka is like sex. Like perfume. It depends on your mood.”
more about film
director: | Benny Jaberg |
producer: | Benny Jaberg, Tanya Petrik, Guillaume Protsenko |