La Supplication (Voices from Chernobyl)
In the News • 1h 26m
Directed by Pol Cruchten • Documentary • 2017 • 86 minutes
Based on the novel by Svetlana Alexievich, recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature, La Supplication (Voices from Chernobyl) does not deal with Chernobyl, but rather with the world of Chernobyl, about which we know very little. Eyewitness reports have survived: scientists, teachers, journalists, couples, children... They tell of their old daily lives, then of the catastrophe. Their voices form a long, terrible but necessary supplication which traverses borders and stimulates us to question our status quo.
“Captivating… brings to mind the brings to mind the rain-soaked ruins of Andrei Tarkvosky’s Stalker.” —The Hollywood Reporter
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