Explore the fabulous, in the literal sense, world of the Meadow Mari of Western Russia in twenty-three segments. From Dmitri Eipides' notes at Tiff.net:
Pagan folklore is alive amongst the Meadow Mari, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in western Russia. Alexey Fedorchenko's latest film comprises twenty-three vignettes that centre on the sexual lives of a collection of Mari women, recreating an idiosyncratic world of magical realism in which female fertility, beauty, and, ultimately, happiness is the driving force.And:
Collaborating once more with scriptwriter Denis Osokin, Fedorchenko continues his concern with the fading Mari culture. Abandoning the resigned and elegiac approach of 2010's Silent Souls, here he employs an uplifting colour palette of rich blues, and casts pale-skinned actresses (both professional and non-) to deliver his painterly tableaux of rural life untouched by secular modernity. At times grotesque, but never vilifying, the film is a tender, beguiling portrait of a culture preserved within its folklore, inviting us to celebrate it alongside the Mari.And here is the trailer, one more time:
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WIVES OF MEADOW MARI Screening Times:
Wednesday,
Sept 11th, 7:00 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 4
Thursday,
Sept 12th, 9:15 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 2
Saturday,
Sept 14th, 9:30 AM SCOTIABANK 8
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