Elem Klimov's tribute to his late wife, director Larisa Shepitko, killed in a car accident a year earlier. Features excerpts from all of her films, and archival audio of her discussing life and art.
Editing
Klimov weaves her films into a ghostly self-portrait.
Sound
Her own voice — the most haunting audio design possible.
Director
Elem Klimov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Klimov and Shepitko were Soviet cinema's golden couple; her death at 41 stopped production on his film 'Agony' for two years.
In 1980s USSR, personal grief was rarely public — Klimov broke protocol by making his mourning this visible.
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