Completed - RUSSIAN, GERMAN - Historical, Female director, Drama - 96 minutes
Achrome is an anti-war parable about a man and his vulnerability in the face of history.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Maria IGNATENKO Writer(s) : Maria IGNATENKO, Konstantin FAM Cast : Georgiy BERGAL, Andrey KRIVENOK, Klavdia KORSHUNOVA Producer(s) : Konstantin FAM (ARK PICTURES LLC), Egor ODINTSOV (ARK PICTURES LLC)
Maris, the film’s protagonist, is the village idiot, brought up by his older brother. Following his brother, Maris leaves their peaceful village and joins the military. It is as if he enters a different world, the world of war. Crimes in that world are committed in silence. Even though Maris encounters their consequences every day, he can never discern the moment of the crime itself. He cannot fully become a Witness. Maris finds himself as if behind the scenes of a war, where everything is quiet and sleepy. As if in a dream, the soldiers kill during the day, and rob the living and the dead at night. They feast and live as if in a dream.Amid this delusion, in the basement of a prison cell, Maris meets Leah, a young woman sentenced to death.Through her eyes, he is able to see himself. For Leah, and for all who will find his name in the archives in the future, Maris will remain a murderer, no matter whether he killed or not. All his features will be erased, all save one — his guilt. But surely, there must be a way to separate oneself from the archive? To get yourself back?
Country(ies) : ISRAEL, GERMANY, RUSSIA
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022 (Tiger Competition)