Cenzorka
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Directed by:
Peter KerekesCinematography:
Martin KollárComposer:
Lucia ChuťkováPlots(1)
Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa's women's correctional facilities. She has just given birth to her first child, and now she is entering a world populated only by women: inmates, nurses and wardens, women of all ages, wives and widows, daughters, sisters, pregnant women, and women with children too. If not for the color of the uniform, it would sometimes be hard to tell who is who. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
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A perfectly crafted theme set in the gloomy environment of a women's prison in Odessa, Ukraine. The average person doesn't get the chance every day to take a peek inside and doesn't even particularly care to. Slovak director Peter Kerekes has made a great job of blending documentary with movie, and I found the result surprisingly engaging. I didn't feel sorry for the mothers serving time for serious crimes, but I did feel sorry for the children born there. In terms of character, I was very impressed by the warden Irina, who was involved in censoring prison correspondence quite extensively. (85%)
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