When People Die They Sing Songs (2014)
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Country:
Russia, USA
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Duration:
48 . min
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Genre:
drama, family
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Director:
Olga Lvoff
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Producer:
Olga Lvoff
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Cast:
Sonia Gluckman, Regina Gluckman, Robin Mitchell
About film
A dying woman works with a music therapist. Together they sing Yiddish songs of her youth. She begins to wake up at night and speak her native tongue. Her daughter is the only family member who understands Yiddish, who speaks and sings songs with her mother. The past suddenly takes roots in the present. Mother and daughter have very little time to have the most important conversations. As the illness progresses and the mother gradually loses her memory, everything they have gained dissolves in a river of time.
Rewards and nominations
- Nomination for Student Oscar
- Award «CINE 2014» Golden Eagle
- Winning the competition of the International Independent Films - BRONZE
- Social Documentary Award (School of Visual Arts)
Director
director, screenwriter, and producer. She worked as a journalist for the Kultura (Culture) Channel, where she authored stories on art and history for the Spheres programme. Lvoff later created culture-related coverage for Above the Barriers programme at Svoboda radio. Her debut film When People Die They Sing Songs was nominated for Student Oscar. Her film Two Travellers made the shortlist for the International Tarkovsky Award for Poetry and Cinema. Busy Inside premiered at the MIFF in 2019. Lvoff is a member of The European Film Academy.
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Director
director, screenwriter, and producer. She worked as a journalist for the Kultura (Culture) Channel, where she authored stories on art and history for the Spheres programme. Lvoff later created culture-related coverage for Above the Barriers programme at Svoboda radio. Her debut film When People Die They Sing Songs was nominated for Student Oscar. Her film Two Travellers made the shortlist for the International Tarkovsky Award for Poetry and Cinema. Busy Inside premiered at the MIFF in 2019. Lvoff is a member of The European Film Academy.
