Scene from the film Perm-36. Reflexion
Scene from the film Perm-36. Reflexion
Scene from the film Perm-36. Reflexion
Scene from the film Perm-36. Reflexion

Perm-36. Reflexion

Direction
Year 
2016
Country
  • Russia
Runtime
100min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

3 former political prisoners: the worker Viktor Peskov; the literary scholar Mikhail Meylakh; the human rights activist Sergei Kovalev, each recall the story of their arrest and imprisonment in “Perm-36” prison camp.

Here in 1996 Russia’s only museum of the history of political repression was opened at the initiative of historian Victor Shmyrov. Since 2005 in late July an international civic forum “Pilorama” has been held there to enlighten society: discussions, concerts, tours, film showings are held. Participants (democrats, liberals, communists or simply tourists) are housed in tents in the field opposite the museum.

The former dissidents return to the camp (now a museum) to participate in the “Pilorama” Forum, a campsite reflecting, mirror-like, Russian society haunted by phantom pains after the fall of the Soviet Union. Red-brown activists zealously rail against the existence of the museum and the forum. They start to gain attention in society and the government. Dark clouds gather…

Details

  • Original Title
    PERM-36. Otrazhenie
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Sergei Kachkin
  • Cinematography
    Sergei Kachkin
  • Editing
    Kolia Votinov
  • Music
    Mike Kirin
  • Sound
    Nelly Ivanova
  • Runtime
    100 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2016
  • Country
    • Russia
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Production
  • Distribution
  • Festivals
    • DOKer Screenings 2016
    • ArtDocFest-2016
    • Stalker-2016
    • IDFF KinZa (Russia)
    • Worldfilms-2017 (Estonia)
    • One Shot-2017 (Armenia)
    • FF Cottbus-2017 (Germany)
    • Festival of Russian Cinema in Honfleur (France)

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