★★★★☆ The collapse of the Soviet Union hit certain Russian cities particularly hard. Having been a producer of Soviet weaponry, the city of Perm saw production halve, life expectancy drop and an estimated 49% of the population descend into a life of poverty and perpetual uncertainty. This led to many children fleeing abusive homes to live on the city's streets, and it is a group of such youths at which Jake Mobbs and Nicolas Doldinger point their lens towards in their not-for-profit documentary A Russian Fairytale (2011). This affective and emotive work will screen at Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios next week (31 Jan) as part of DocHouse Thursdays.
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- 1/24/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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