28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
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 |