THE HERMITAGE DWELLERS

CinemaNet Europe’s October film
Dir: Aliona van der Horst (Voices of Bam, 2005). Cert: U, 1hh 13, Netherlands 2003.

This is an extraordinary insight into Russia through the dreamy and passionately aesthetic workers of the greatest of Russia’s museums, the Hermitage in St.Petersburg. The history of the last century: the Revolution, the terror of Stalin, the Second World War, the harsh post-Soviet years unfold through the day to day life showing the immense care and research behind the restoration of powerful works of art.

Timespan, Sutherland Wed 4th Oct
Glasgow Film Theatre Thurs 5th Oct
Filmhouse, Edinburgh Wed 11th Oct
other venues to be confirmed