кони, люди, время
16 min 12
2014
b&w
sound: Triplex
with Olga Tüvi and Eduard Habik
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Olga and Eduard are on a roof of a collective housing, in Ivangorod, on the Russian side of the Estonian-Russian border, overlooking the Estonian city of Narva. They are waiting for the sun to rise. During that night, they speak about borders, death, love, emigration, horses, people, time as Eduard refers to Lermontov’s poem.
Olga and Eduard are on a roof of a collective housing, in Ivangorod, on the Russian side of the Estonian-Russian border, overlooking the Estonian city of Narva. They are waiting for the sun to rise. During that night, they speak about borders, death, love, emigration, horses, people, time as Eduard refers to Lermontov’s poem.
excerpt:
Olga: The
seagulls are waking up…can you hear them? It’s really hard to believe that
these are now two different cities with a border.
Eduard:.The
day is breaking. There is
Mother Russia with its forests and fallen trees. Over there you can see
something more civilized, and on this side it’s totally different.
Olga: You
know what? There is a forest
over there now, where you can’t get lost anymore.
Eduard:
Have they cut the trees?
Olga:
Yes, they have cut in squares – it's just horrible. What kind of forest is it
if you can’t get lost in it? They have built country roads, there’s nothing
wrong with that, the forest has been preserved, but it's forbidden to get lost.
It’s too tight for me now. In our Russian forests, it's different you walk in
and you never know where you’ll end up. That’s what I call life. If you know
where you’re going to come out, it is not interesting at all.