28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Home Village
Home Village

Home Village

director: Peep Puks, Peeter Tooming
original title: Koduküla
country: Estonia
year: 1969
running time: 11 min.

synopsis

Sunlit images of kolkhoz farm workers during the harvest are interspersed with commentary celebrating rural collectivization and modernization. Yet strong lyrical tones of a disappearing world, old age, and loneliness permeate the ideological undertones of the film. Old villagers and half-demolished buildings symbolize the disappearing villages, deep-rootedness, and love for the land.

biography

Estonian director Peep Puks (1940), who co-directed Home Village with Peeter Tooming (1939-1997), filmed dozens of documentaries for Estonian television that combined realism with lyricism. 

more about film

director: Peep Puks, Peeter Tooming
producer: Vaike Mesila
script: Osvald Tooming
photography: Peeter Tooming
editing: Eevi Säde
music: Kuldar Sink
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