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Absurdistan is a 2008 German-French comedy film written and directed by Veit Helmer.

Absurdistan
Theatrical poster
Directed byVeit Helmer
Written by
  • Veit Helmer
  • Zaza Buadze
  • Gordan Mihic
  • Ahmet Golbol
Starring
CinematographyGiorgi Beridze
Edited byVincent Assmann
Music byShigeru Umebayashi
Release date
  • 20 March 2008 (2008-03-20)
Countries
  • Germany
  • Azerbaijan
LanguageRussian

It formed part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.[1][2] It was also entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]


Plot


The film is set in a remote and forgotten desert mountain village in the former Soviet Union, and chronicles a standoff between the sexes: the local women decide to withhold sex (a sex strike) until their lazy men fix the pipeline that carries the village's water supply. Young lovers Aya and Temelko are caught up in the argument and Temelko becomes determined to fix the pipeline so he can be with her.


Cast



Production


Absurdistan was filmed on location in Lahıc, Ismailli, Azerbaijan.
Absurdistan was filmed on location in Lahıc, Ismailli, Azerbaijan.

Helmer started writing the script after reading a 2001 newspaper account of women in the Turkish village of Sirt refusing to accommodate their husbands until they fixed a broken pipeline.[4] He collaborated with Gordan Mihic and Zaza Buadze on the screenplay, receiving funding from Sources2, the Mediterranean Film Institute and the European Commission's MEDIA New Talent programme. Although the film was made on a low budget, Helmer was able to gather a cast of 40 actors from 14 different countries. Most of Absurdistan was filmed on location in Lahıc, Ismailli, Azerbaijan over a nine-week period in summer 2006. As there are no hotels in the village, most of the 90 member crew had to stay with villagers. Additional scenes were filmed in Çayqaraqoyunlu, Shaki and Tbilisi.[5]


Release


Absurdistan had its world premiere at the 2008 Sundance Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic category. It released in theatres in Germany on 20 March 2008.


Awards



See also



References


  1. "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  2. "Cinema Strikes Back – Covering the World of Film " Sundance Film Festival: Wacky Comedy "Absurdistan" Is Hard Not to Like". cinemastrikesback.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  3. "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. "Herrschaft der Hausfrauen". Die Zeit (in German). 28 March 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  5. "Absurdistan Synopsis". Veit Helmer. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.



На других языках

[de] Absurdistan (Film)

Absurdistan ist ein deutscher Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2008 von Regisseur Veit Helmer. In den Hauptrollen sind Maximilian Mauff und Kristýna Maléřová zu sehen. Der Film entstand als Koproduktion mit dem Bayerischen Rundfunk.
- [en] Absurdistan (film)

[ru] Абсурдистан

«Абсурдистан» (англ. Absurdistan) — фильм режиссёра Файта Хельмера, представленный ММКФ в 2008 году.


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