Absent
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Mishory, Matthew, director.
- Language
- Romanian, English.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Romania ; Switzerland ; United States of America : Lights On, 2015.
- Physical Description
- HDD (72 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005927
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- For over a hundred years, Mărculeşti was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-four years later, few speak honestly or completely about what happened. 'Absent' is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculeşti, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history. Working entirely on location with a very small crew (and often without electricity), filmmaker Matthew Mishory documents one of Europe's poorest, most remote, and least-visited places. The result is a nuanced, complex, and unforgettable snapshot of a rural Moldovan village grappling with an unspeakable past and facing, in the context of global capitalism, a very uncertain future.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 4203 (HU_OSA_00005927.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |