Letter



About the film

Title: Letter
Title in Russian: Письмо
Production company: Atoms & Void B.V.
Country of production: Russia, The Netherlands
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 20 min.
Film made with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Film crew

Scriptwriter: Sergey Loznitsa
Film director: Sergey Loznitsa
Producer: Vladimir Golovnitsky
Director of photography: Pavel Kostomarov

Logline

A psychiatric institution in an old wooden house in a deserted Russian village. Modern civilisation has passed the place and patients by.
Loznitsa describes this country as a place inhabited by unconscious prisoners. No human voice can be heard and the pain is stifled in this unsullied environment.

Synopsis

A psychiatric institution in an old wooden house in a deserted Russian village. Modern civilisation has passed the place and patients by.
Loznitsa describes this country as a place inhabited by unconscious prisoners. No human voice can be heard and the pain is stifled in this unsullied environment.

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