Overview
An experimental short assembled from YouTube videos of the director’s former classmate, TV fragments, and a 2006 graduation interview recorded in Alchevsk. What starts as an ironic play with early-2000s home-video aesthetics slowly falls apart. Through montage of personal and online material, Chepelev tries to reconnect with a man he once loved – a man whom war and time have made almost unrecognisable. Laughter loses its protective function and gives way to the impossible wish to return to a place that no longer exists.
Details
Status
Released
Original Language
UK
Director
Sasha Chepeliev
Production Countries
UA
Spoken Languages
Ukrainian, Russian
Production Companies
Bonevers Studio
Original Title
Валєра: Людина-гора